Philanthropist pioneer Andrew Carnegie once said, "We cannot get rich unless we make others rich." The fact is, it's not a shame to get rich, it's a shame to die rich, as the father of philanthropy also argued. And Santa Claus may not really exist, but the following 20 most generous people in the world are a great substitute.Check out who the most generous people in the world are.
Many the richest people they are also in the world the most generous Earthlings who do not find it difficult to donate a substantial sum of their property to charity and thus give back to society. Because you have to have a lot to give a lot, at Wealth-X they set out generosity index, which means the share of donations based on the current estimated value of the assets of people with a big heart.
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Champion for sure Chuck Feeney, a billionaire who made fabulous sums of money selling cognac, perfumes and cigarettes in his empire of duty-free shops and considered a philanthropic Robin Hood, who does not take from all the rich, but only from himself. His current generosity index is more than 100 percent, having donated more in his lifetime than he has assets today. The biggest philanthropists in the world have already donated together 106.8 billion US dollars!
These are the top 20 philanthropists of 2015:
(all values listed are in US dollars)
