Giving Index

The AboveWealth Giving Index

Our list of the world's most generous people.

The ultimate goal of the Giving Index is to become an authoritative source of truth for charitable giving and a marketplace connecting those who have money with those who need it. It will contain a comprehensive database of humanitarian and social problems that need solving, including price tags and completion statuses. Building out the Giving Index will be a long-term project requiring considerable time and resources. For now, we will be maintaining a simple list of the people who have given away the most money, including their Giving Factor (amount given divided by net worth). If you have questions, please contact us.


Rank Name Net Worth Total Given (Approx.) Giving Factor Nationality
1 Warren Buffett $149B $68B 46% American
2 Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates $108B $64B 59% American
3 MacKenzie Scott $28.6B $26B 91% American
4 George Soros ~$7.3B $23B 315% American
5 Michael Bloomberg $109B $21B 19% American
6 Azim Premji $20.3B $21B 103% Indian
7 Li Ka-shing $45.1B $11B 24% Hong Kong
8 Alisher Usmanov ~$19.5B $7.3B 37% Russian
9 Mark Zuckerberg $207B $7.2B 3% American
10 Gordon & Betty Moore $7B American
11 Chuck Feeney $0 ‡ $6.8B ∞ ‡ American
12 Paul Allen $5.4B American
13 Jim & Marilyn Simons $5B+ American
14 Sainsbury family ~$10B $5B ~50% British
15 Jeff Bezos $255.5B $4.7B 2% American
16 Christopher Hohn ~$7B $4.5B ~64% British
17 Carlos Slim Helú ~$115B $4.2B ~4% Mexican
18 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal ~$21B $4B ~19% Saudi Arabian
19 Dustin Moskovitz & Cari Tuna ~$13B $3.9B ~30% American
20 Weston family ~$20B $2.3B ~12% Canadian
21 Phil & Penny Knight $31.1B $2B 6% American
22 James E. Stowers $2B American
23 Hansjoerg Wyss ~$6B $1.9B ~32% Swiss
24 Reed Hastings & Patty Quillin ~$6B $1.8B ~30% American
25 Stephan Schmidheiny ~$4B $1.5B ~38% Swiss

‡: Net Worth and Giving Factor not shown for deceased individuals.