List of Americans Who Gave the Most in 2009

List of Americans Who Gave the Most in 2009
Rank
Donor
Total amount committed
Years on list
1
Stanley F. and Fiona B. Druckenmiller
Finance
$705,000,000
1
2
John M. Templeton
Finance
$573,000,000
Bequest
2
3
William H. (Bill) III and Melinda F. Gates
Technology
$350,000,000
5
4
Michael R. Bloomberg
Media and entertainment
$254,000,000
Estimated
6
5
Louise Dieterle Nippert
Family wealth, Investments
$185,000,000
1
6
George Soros
Finance
$150,000,000
4
7
Eli and Edythe L. Broad
Finance, Real estate
$105,200,000
10
8
J. Ronald and Frances Terwilliger
Real estate
$102,004,746
1
9
William P. Clements Jr.
Oil
$100,000,000
1
10
Pierre and Pam Omidyar
Technology
$92,000,000
7
11
Paul G. Allen
Technology
$85,000,000
Estimated
8
12
Raymond A. Rich
Finance, Oil
$76,800,000
Bequest
Estimated
1
13
Alfred M. and Mary Swain Wood
Marketing, Pharmaceuticals
$75,876,931
Bequest
1
14
Julian H. Jr. and Josie Robertson
Finance
$66,100,000
Estimated
2
15
Patrick Soon-Shiong and Michele B. Chan
Pharmaceuticals
$65,000,000
1
16
T. Denny Sanford
Finance
$60,696,000
4
17
Dolores Jordan
Construction, Real estate
$52,042,516
1
18
Robert Gumbiner
Health care
$50,033,878
Bequest
1
19
Caroline Amplatz
Family wealth, Law
$50,000,000
1
19
John W. and Susan G. Jackson
Pharmaceuticals
$50,000,000
1
19
Ronald P. Stanton
Chemicals
$50,000,000
2
22
William W. and Nadine M. McGuire
Health care
$48,000,000
1
23
John and Mary Pappajohn
Finance, Investments
$47,300,000
1
24
Lawrence J. Ellison
Technology
$46,907,838
9
25
Oprah Winfrey
Media and entertainment
$41,404,281
6
26
Jon L. Stryker
Family wealth
$41,318,512
4
27
Thomas F. Steyer and Kat Taylor
Finance
$40,000,000
1
28
Mark W. Yusko and Stacey Miller Yusko
Finance
$36,025,000
1
29
Joseph A. and Linda J. Chlapaty
Manufacturing
$33,910,000
1
30
Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen
Family wealth
$31,000,000
Bequest
1
31
David Eddings
Media and entertainment
$30,000,000
Bequest
Estimated
1
32
Albert P. (Skip) Viragh
Finance
$28,000,000
Bequest
1
33
Theodore and Vada Stanley
Marketing
$27,900,000
5
34
Arthur Hodson
Chemicals, Finance
$27,000,000
Bequest
1
35
Sanford I. and Joan H. Weill
Finance
$26,000,000
Estimated
5
36
B. Charles and Joyce Eichhorn Ames
Finance
$25,000,000
1
36
John A. and Jenny Paulson
Finance
$25,000,000
1
36
Eric E. and Wendy Schmidt
Technology
$25,000,000
1
36
Bernard and Anne Spitzer
Real estate
$25,000,000
1
40
Irwin M. and Joan K. Jacobs
Telecommunications
$24,300,000
5
41
Jerry W. and Judith S. Davis
Investments
$22,000,000
1
41
John W. and Janice B. Fisher
Manufacturing
$22,000,000
Estimated
1
43
M.A. Douglas
Real estate
$21,000,000
Bequest
1
43
Stewart A. and Lynda R. Resnick
Agriculture, Food and beverage
$21,000,000
2
45
Henry P. and Rebecca L. Conn
Consulting
$20,020,000
1
46
Jay A. Precourt
Oil
$20,000,000
1
46
Virginia Bernthal Toulmin
Law
$20,000,000
Estimated
1
48
W.A. (Tex) Moncrief Jr.
Oil
$18,000,000
1
49
William G. and Ernestine R. Lowrie
Oil
$17,000,000
1
50
B. Thomas Golisano
Investments
$16,200,000
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