Giving Pledge

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, has recently sold 11% of her Amazon shares, valued at over $8 billion.  The Details: Scott received approximately 400 million Amazon shares as part of her divorce settlement with Bezos in 2019 and signed The Giving...

“Giving Pledge” foundation — started by billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — has seen pledging commitments drop steeply this year, which has been marred by geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties. What Happened: Just five billionaires have pledged to...

An upcoming auction for more than 150 pieces of art from a notable technology mogul is drawing headlines in the art world and could show strength for the popular alternative investing category outside of stocks, bonds, gold and cryptocurrency. What Happened: Auction house Christie’s is...

The Warren Buffett Fathead (only $29.99!) may have had the spotlight last week in light of the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge from Quicken Loans and Yahoo Sports, but it is just the tip of Dan Gilbert's “giving back” iceberg. Gilbert is a member of Giving Pledge, committing the majority of...

Like so many of the world's most well-known billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg has taken the first step in becoming a grand-scale philanthropist. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg has signed onto the Giving Pledge, which asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away the majority of...