Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, and his wife Betty Moore ranked second in the list of philanthropists. After donating $275 million for environmental protection research in 2004, their total donation for five years has reached $7.046 billion. Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the United States, an investment banker and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, donated all his ex-wife's shares worth $2.5 billion to his charitable foundation after his wife Susie died in July this year, which made him jump from 26th to 3rd in the list of philanthropists. In this way, Buffett's total donation in the last five years has reached 27.2 1 billion dollars. From 2000 to 2004, George Soros, an American financial investor, occupied the fourth place in the list with a donation of $23.0/kloc-0.0/billion. Followed by James Stals, the founder of American Century Company, who donated1346 million US dollars in the last five years.
The new faces on the list include oprah winfrey, a famous American TV presenter, who donated 1.5 1 billion dollars to charity in five years, becoming the first African-American to be listed on Businessweek's list of philanthropists.
In addition, Angelina Jolie, a famous American actress, donated $1million to Afghan refugees and promised to donate $5 million to Cambodia to fulfill her duties as a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations. Spielberg, a famous filmmaker, has also spent $65 million in recent years to support Jewish foundations and groups. Michelle J. Fox, a movie star with Parkinson's disease, donated more than $50 million to medical research institutions. Actor bill cosby also donated more than $20 million to the academic community. (End)