Famous Philanthropists

• Adelson, Sheldon

   The billionaire owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation

• Carnegie, Andrew

  Steel tycoon who started over 2,800 libraries

• DeVos, Betsy

  Trump's 2016 pick for Secretary of Education

• Geldof, Bob

  The singer who organized the Live Aid concerts

• Hotchner, A.E.

  The writer who befriended Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman

• Kerry, Teresa Heinz

  The wife of Secretary of State John Kerry

• Lansing, Sherry

  The first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio

• Morgan, J. P.

  Early 20th century financier who formed U.S. Steel

• Rockefeller, David

  Leader of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1969-81

• Rockefeller, John D. Sr.

  Standard Oil tycoon and big-time philanthropist

• Scaife, Richard

  Financial backer of U.S. conservative political causes

• Smithson, James

  The man whose money founded the Smithsonian Institution

• Soros, George

  Quantum Fund billionaire and "open society" advocate

• Tan Tock Seng

  Founder of Tan Tock Seng Hospital

• Turner, Ted

  That loud-mouthed rich guy who founded CNN

See: Index by Occupation