The Giving Pledge, conceived by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, is overseen by the Gates Foundation.
Like his close friend Warren Buffett, Gates has signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away the majority of his wealth to charity.
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"People like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet don't need their prescriptions underwritten by taxpayers, " McCain said.
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have begun lobbying their fellow billionaires to donate more to charity.
He was once the third wealthiest man in the world behind Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have not been explicitly religious in their motivations for philanthropy.
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Oprah Winfrey kicked off the day, and Warren Buffett and Bill Gates also gave keynote talks.
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Both men have signed the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Giving Pledge and are active philanthropists.
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However, as you mention, do we really know if Warren Buffet and Bill Gates avid golfers either?
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Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
Getting more money should not be Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' main goal.
Adelson was once America's third richest man behind Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
The financial figures being bantered around would make even Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Larry Ellison stand up and cheer.
Far from being hated, many of the superrich -- people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett -- became folk heroes.
With the friendship of table tennis enthusiasts Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, she seems well on her way.
Gordon Brown has taken advice from a group of "wise men", such as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, for several years.
Augusta National, with a membership that includes America's two richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, is an extremely wealthy place.
Thankfully, the very richest like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are committed to using their wealth to address huge problems.
Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are richer than they were a year ago, and that has had huge implications for philanthropic giving.
In 2010 Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, were among the first group to sign the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Giving Pledge.
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In addition to being the richest people in America, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the most philanthropic folks on the planet.
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Last week, in Tucson, a bunch of billionaires, led by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, gathered to talk about giving away their fortunes .
And would the commonweal really be improved by shifting assets from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to the Department of Housing and Urban Development?
The audience included a number of great philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, who was sitting in the front row.
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That way you will have plenty of resources left to try to develop an insight that will make you as rich as Warren Buffett, Bill Gates or Oprah.
Yet there's also a budding philanthropic spirit, even if Bill Gates and Warren Buffett didn't get a full house at their charity barnstorming in Beijing a year ago.
You can see a video interview with him here, in which he describes being inspired by the generosity of American billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
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Not to be outdone, Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin pledged have his wealth to charity during the recent Giving Pledge conference founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
In March, Simmons and his wife, Annette, pledged to give half of their fortune to charity, joining the program started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates (and wife Melinda) are pushing other fat cats to donate half their wealth, or more, to philanthropic causes before they shuffle off this life.
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