interesting list of billionaires

[wtf]

the following list of billionaires have pledged half their wealth to charity, can you spot the common denominator amongst the list?


LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GIVING PLEDGE
1. Paul G. Allen (Co-founder of Microsoft, worth approx. $12.7b)
2. Laura and John Arnold (Former Enron trader, $4b)
3. Nicolas Berggruen (Founder of Berggruen Holdings, 2.2b)*
4. Michael R. Bloomberg (Financial services, $18b)
5. Eli and Edythe Broad (Founders of The Broad Foundations, $5.2b)
6. Warren Buffett (Investment, $45b)
7. Steve and Jean Case (Former CEO of AOL, $1.1b)*
8. Michele Chan and Patrick Soon-Shiong (CEO of Abraxis, $5.6b)
9. Lee and Toby Cooperman (Hedge funds, $1.5b)*
10. Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg (IAC/InterActiveCorp, $1.2b)
11. Ann and John Doerr (Venture capitalist, $1.55b)
12. Larry Ellison (Venture capitalist, $27b)
13. Ted Forstmann (CEO Oracle, $1.6b)*
14. Bill and Melinda Gates (Co-founder of Microsoft, $54b)
15. David and Barbara Green (Founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby, $2.6b)*
16. Lyda Hill (Lyda Hill Foundation, unknown)*
17. Barron Hilton (Hilton hotels, $2.4b)
18. Jon and Karen Huntsman (Founder of Huntsman Corporation, $1.6b)
19. Carl Icahn (Leveraged buyouts, $11b)*
20. Joan and Irwin Jacobs (Founder Qualcomm, $1.1b)
21. George B. Kaiser (Oil, gas and banking, $9.4)
22. Sidney Kimmel (Founder Jones Apparel, $1.1b)*
23. Elaine and Ken Lagone (Investments, $1.1b)
24. Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest (Media entrepreneur, $800m)
25. Lorry I. Lokey (Founded Business Wire, unknown)
26. George Lucas (Film producer, $3.25b)
27. Duncan and Nancy MacMillan (Endowed Chair in Genetics, unknown)*
28. Alfred E. Mann (Medical devices, $1.2b)
29. Joe and Rika Mansueto (Joe and Rika Mansueto, $1.2b)*
30. Bernie and Billi Marcus (Co-founder Home Depot, $1.5b)
31. Michael and Lori Milken (Investments, $2.1b)*
32. George P. Mitchell (Founder Mitchell Energy, $2b)*
33. Thomas S. Monaghan (Founder Domino's Pizza, unknown)
34. Tashia and John Morgridge (Cisco, $1.3b)
35. Dustin Moskovitz (Co-founder Facebook, $1.6b)*
36. Pierre and Pam Omidyar (Founder eBay, $5.5b)
37. Bernard and Barbro Osher (Bernard Osher Foundation, unknown)
38. Ronald O. Perelman (Leveraged buyouts, $11b)
39. Peter G. Peterson (Blackstone Group, $2b)
40. T. Bonne Pickens (Oil and gas investments, $1.4b)
41. Julian H. Robertson Jnr. (Hedge funds, $2.2b)
42. David Rockefeller (Standard oil, banking, $2.4b)
43. David M. Rubenstein (Leveraged buyouts, $2b)
44. Herb and Marion Sandler (Golden West Financial Corporation, unknown)
45. Denny Sandford (CEO of United National Corp, $1b)*
46. Vicki amd Roger Sant (TV news presenter, unknown)
47. Walter Scott Jnr. (Construction and telecom, $1.9b)
48. Tom and Cindy Secunda (Bloomberg, $1b)*
49. Jim and Marilyn Simons (Hedge funds, $8.7b)
50. Jeff Skoll (First president of EBay, $4.2b)
51. Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor (Founder Farallon Capital Management, LLC, $1.2b)
52. Jim and Virginia Stowers (Founder of American Century Investments, unknown)
53. Ted Turner (Media mogul, $1.2b)
54. Sanford and Joan Weill (Former CEO of Citigroup, unknown)
55. Shelby White (Wife Leon Levy, £1b)
56. Charles Zegar and Merryl Snow Zegar (Co-founder of Bloomberg, unknown)*
57. Mark Zuckerberg (Co-founder Facebook, $6.9b)*

[ryanspeer2001]

Without looking at the list I want to say no college, but after looking a wealth of them are in the tech/med sector.

[Masu485]

Without looking at the list I want to say no college, but after looking a wealth of them are in the tech/med sector.

I know denny Sanford graduated from a university.

I will guess they are all whiteys.

[flyingillini]

Yes, stands out right away, they are Jewish , a lot of them.

[dbnmln]

do you think they wake up daily and check their checking account, like I do.

[Art Vandeleigh]

Bill Gates will always be remembered as the great re-distributor of money, FWIW.

[wtf]

I know denny Sanford graduated from a university.

I will guess they are all whiteys.

ding ding ding

we have a winner

it is kind of bizarre actually

[Irish Lumberjack]

I use to work for abraxis. Not a bad business to work for.