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The rich give away their wealth

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, who plan to give away 99 percent of their Facebook stock, are among the roster of the very wealthy who are donating their fortunes to charity.

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The rich give away their wealth

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  1. The rich give away their wealth

  2. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, and wife Priscilla Chan said they plan to give away 99 percent of their fortune in Facebook stock to a new charity the couple were creating, while announcing the birth of their first child on Tuesday. The couple's announcement is the latest example of the increasingly public philanthropy of the world's richest people. REUTERS/Courtesy of Mark Zuckerberg

  3. Billionaire financier Warren Buffett, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are encouraging the very wealthy to give away at least half their worth in their lifetimes through the "Giving Pledge" campaign. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

  4. Melinda Gates and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. In addition to the Giving Pledge, the couple gave away $1.3 billion in 2014, according to Forbes. REUTERS/Marcus Donner

  5. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett gave away $2.8 billion in 2014, according to Forbes. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  6. Fortune magazine cited Apple CEO Tim Cook as saying he planned to donate his estimated $785 million fortune to charity - after paying for his 10-year-old nephew's college education. "You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change," Cook told the magazine. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

  7. The Walton family, including Jim Walton (L) and Alice Walton, the clan who owns Walmart, gave away $375 million in 2014, according to Forbes. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  8. Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

  9. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

  10. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and her late husband David Goldberg, are part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  11. Former New York City Mayor and founder and CEO of Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, is part of The Giving Pledge. He gave away $462 million in 2014, according to Forbes. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

  12. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

  13. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and husband Barry Charles Diller, CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, are part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

  14. Energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/David McNew

  15. Media mogul Ted Turner is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Phil McCarten

  16. Oracle co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

  17. Hedge fund manager George Soros gave away $733 million in 2014, according to Forbes. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener

  18. Activist investor Bill Ackman is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

  19. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is part of The Giving Pledge. REUTERS/Richard Clement

  20. Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell, with his wife Susan, started the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to improve the lives of children in urban poverty. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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