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Chris Hughes is one of the four co-founders of Facebook. Chris served as Facebook’s fist spokesperson before joining its product team in Palo Alto, CA. He made an estimated $600 million in Facebook’s IPO. In 2007, Chris left Facebook to serve as the director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2012, Chris purchased a majority stake in The New Republic. He served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of magazine before selling it in 2014. His short tenure was not without controversy as nine of twelve senior editors submitted letters of resignation following Chris’ decision to shake up the magazine’s editorial leadership. Openly gay, Chris is married to Sean Eldridge, who ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in New York’s 19th congressional district.

Christy Walton is the wealthiest woman not only in the U.S., but also in the world, more than $1 billion wealthier than L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. In the U.S., the next richest is her sister-in-law Alice Walton, who trailed by $3 billion as of mid-September 2014. Christy married into what is now the richest family in the world (worth more than $150 billion) and inherited her wealth when husband John Walton, a former Green Beret and Vietnam war medic, died in an airplane crash in 2005. She’s the wealthiest of the Waltons thanks to a side investment by John that turned into a major score: solar energy company First Solar. Her nearly 27% stake is worth some $1.8 billion. The bulk of her holdings are in Wal-Mart, the massive retailer founded by her father-in-law Sam Walton and his brother James in 1962. She will receive $470 million in Wal-Mart dividends after taxes in 2014. Walton leads a very private life in Jackson, Wyoming.

Born and raised in Detroit, Eli Broad made his first fortune in home building (KB Home) beforeacquiring Sun Life Insurance Company of America and transforming it into the retirement savingspowerhouse SunAmerica. In 1999, Broad sold SunAmerica to AIG for $18 billion and retired tofocus on philanthropy full-time.As products of Detroit's public education system, Eli and his wife Edythe credit the experienceas the foundation of their success and have been visible advocates for nationwide K-12 publiceducation reform. In addition to education, Eli and Edythe have also made significant contributionsto advance scientific and medical research, culture institutions and initiatives in Los Angeles.Eli and Edythe have committed to The Giving Pledge

Fred Eychaner is a Chicago-based entrepreneur, political activist and philanthropist. A graduate of Northwestern, Fred founded Newsweb Corporation in 1971, a printing business for foreign-language and alternative papers that expanded into a print, radio and television conglomerate. Worth an estimated $500 million, Fred is one of the nation’s top political fiancers, yet is rarely interviewed or profiled in the press. An openly gay man, Fred is heavily involved in gay rights issues. In 2008, Fred organized and funded a successful effort to pass same-sex-marriage legislation in Illinois. Calling it the “most important issue of my life,” AIDS has also been a major focus. He is the largest donor to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and was instrumental in the formation of Equality Illinois -- the state’s most influential gay-rights advocacy group.

Fred Wilson is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures, which has invested in many of the companies that are responsible for building the social media environment, including Twitter, Tumblr, Disqus, Delicious, Feedburner. Foursquare, Meetup, and Boxee. Wilson has been a venture capitalist since 1987. In 1996, Wilson co-founded Flatiron Partners with partner Jerry Colonna. Fred’s has become the most prominent voice for early stage investing. His blog, AVC, is the number one most read blog in the national venture community, with over 100,000 monthly visitors. Wilson earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School and holds his B.S. from MIT. Wilson is married to Joanne Wilson, a Venture Capitalist focused on startups founded by women, and author of the Gotham Gal blog. They have three children, including two daughters who attended Wesleyan.

George Lucas is one of the most prolific figures in Hollywood history. A California native, George attended junior college in Modesto before transferring to the University of Southern California’s filmmaking school. In 1972, George formed Lucasfim. A year later, George wrote and directed American Graffi (1973), which is still considered on the most successful low budget features ever made and paved the way for creation of his most successful franchise: Star Wars. In 1977, George’s fist installment of Star Wars grossed $513 million worldwide in its original release, solidifying George’s reputation as a world-class film director. In 2012, George sold Lucasfim to The Walt Disney Company for a reported sum of roughly $4 billion. In addition to his career in Hollywood, George has been an active advocate for education reform. Frustrated with his own experience in the public education system, George founded the George Lucas Educational Foundation and an accompanying website, Edutopia.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 19, 1953, Howard Schultz graduated from Northern Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in communications before becoming director of retail operations and marketing for the Starbucks Coffee Company in 1982. After founding the coffee company Il Giornale in 1987, he purchased Starbucks and became CEO and chairman of the company. In 2000, Schultz publicly announced that he was resigning as Starbucks’s CEO. Eight years later, however, he returned to head the company. In 2014, Starbucks had more than 21,000 stores worldwide and a market cap of $60 billion. Through his VC firm Maveron, Schultz also has stakes in Groupon, eBay and Pinkberry frozen yogurt. Howard and his wife Sheri live in Seattle with their two children.

Jeff Skoll was the fist employee and president of the online auction film, eBay. Skoll also founded Participant Media, an independent film production company with credits including the Oscar-nominated “Syriana,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “North Country,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” and “Food, Inc.” Participant Media’s films have earned seven Oscars and 36 nominations since 2004. The company’s latest venture is Pivot TV, a cable channel targeting millennials. Born in Montreal, he later moved to Toronto and pumped gas to pay his way through the University of Toronto. Skoll obtained U.S. citizenship in 2007, and now resides in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. Jeff Skoll has committed to The Giving Pledge.

A former Enron employee who is said to have made $750 million for the company in 2001 alone, John Arnold left that year to found Centaurus Advisors, a hedge fund specializing in energy products. Laura Arnold is an attorney and a former oil company executive. Now retired, John and Laura searching for market inefficiencies where they can make an impact as philanthropists. The Arnold's areas of focus include criminal justice, education, public accountability and research integrity. John and Laura Arnold have committed to The Giving Pledge, and have pledged to give away at least half of their wealth to philanthropy.

John Burbank is the founder and chief investment officer of Passport Capital, a San Francisco-based global investment firm. As of December 31, 2014, Passport Capital had an estimated $4.0 billion in assets under management (AUM). Founded in 2000 with $800,000, John’s firm rose to prominence after his flagship hedge fund (Passport Global Strategy) rose 219 percent in 2007 following John’s short of U.S. subprime lenders. John majored in English at Duke University before teaching in Ningbo, China for a year. Following his return to the United States, John graduated from the Stanford School of Business in 1992.

In 1977, Larry Ellison founded Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company specializing in database management systems. He served as the company’s CEO until September 2014, when it was announced that he would step down as CEO but retain the title of chief technology offer. According to Forbes, Larry is the world’s fifth richest person. With the reputation of an “adrenaline junkie,” Larry is known for his financial backing of the Oracle Team USA sailing team. In recent years, Larry has amassed a significant number of properties on the Hawaiian island of Lanai, which he bought for a reported $300 million in 2012. In 2010, Larry committed to The Giving Pledge claiming that he had already invested virtually all of his assets into a trust with the intent to give away 95 percent of his wealth to charitable causes.

Leon Black, who graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1973 with a major in philosophy and history and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975, is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Apollo Global Management, a global alternative asset manager that has over approximately $100 billion in assets under management. Black served as a trustee of Dartmouth College from 2002 to 2011, and currently serves on the boards of The Museum of Modern Art, Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Faster Cures, and the Asia Society. He also serves on the board of directors of Apollo Global Management, AP Alternative Assets, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., and on the international advisory board of the Russia-China Investment Fund, and is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Partnership for New York City, and the Port Authority Task Force.

Louis Bacon is founder, chairman, chief executive officer, and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, a private investment management firm. A conservation philanthropist, Louis founded the Moore Charitable Foundation in 1992 to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations that focus primarily on land and water conservation. Personally, Louis owns thousands of acres of land in a portfolio that includes Colorado, North Carolina, Long Island, Scotland, Panama and the Bahamas. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Bacon earned an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia Business School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Literature from Middlebury College, for which he serves as a trustee

Michael Bloomberg is an American business magnate, politician, and philanthropist. A graduate of John Hopkins University and Harvard Business School, Michael began his career at Salomon Brothers before founding Bloomberg LP in 1981. He served as the company's chairman and CEO for 20 years and still retains an 88 percent ownership stake in the company. In 2002, Bloomberg was elected as the 108th Mayor of New York City, holding office for three consecutive terms through 2013. In September 2014, after a brief stint as a full-time philanthropist, Michael announced that he would return to Bloomberg LP and re-assume the position of CEO at the end of 2014. Michael is one of the world's most prominent philanthropists having given away $3.3 billion. Through Bloomberg Philanthropies, which encompasses all of his charitable activities, Michael focuses his giving focuses on five key areas: public health, environment, education, government innovation, and arts & culture. Michael plans to give away all of his personal assets in his lifetime.

Paul Singer is the founder and president of Elliott Management Corporation, a New York–based trading fim. Launched in 1977 with $1 million of capital, total assets under management for the Elliott funds have grown to approximately $23 billion today. Elliott also has affiliated offices in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. In his philanthropy activities, Singer has played a leadership role in supporting research and scholars in the areas of free-market economics, rule of law, health care delivery innovation, U.S. national security, and the future of Israel.Mr. Singer is also active in supporting LGBT equality efforts. According to The New York Times, he was “instrumental in the successful campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.” Paul Singer has committed to The Giving Pledge.

Paul Tudor Jones II is the founder, chairman and CEO of Tudor Investment Corporation. Paul founded the firm in 1980, at 26, and achieved the status of a Wall Street legend following his short of the market before the October crash in 1987, delivering a 201% gain for his fund that year. In 1988, Paul founded the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization dedicated to the singular mission of ending poverty in New York City. In the past 25 years, the foundation has raised more than $1.95 billion. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of The Everglades Foundation and spends a substantial amount of his time to natural resource conversation efforts. In 1988, Jones married Sonia Klein, a New York-based yoga entrepreneur. The couple, along with their four children, live in Greenwich, CT. Paul graduated from the University of Virginia and has donated over $44 million to his alma mater.

Peter Thiel was born in West Germany in 1967. In 1985, Thiel entered Stanford. Two years later, he started The Stanford Review, a right-wing student newspaper that now serves as the university’s main conservative/libertarian newspaper. After graduating from Stanford Law School, Thiel co-founded of PayPal with Max Levchin and Elon Musk and served as its CEO. PayPal was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. More money came from an early investment in LinkedIn and most notably for getting an opportunity to own 10.2 percent of Facebook - a stake he acquired for just $500,000 in 2004 - back when it was just called “the facebook.” This ensured Thiel’s billionaire status. Thiel lives in San Francisco, California.

Iranian-American Pierre Omidyar is a tech entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding eBay. While he still serves as its chairman, he is not involved in its day-to-day activities.Pierre graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree in computer science and worked for both Macintosh and Apple before founding eBay. In 2004, he founded the Omidyar Network to support his philanthropic endeavors. The network is comprised of an LLC, which invests in for-profit entities with socially beneficial missions, and a 501(c)(3), which provides grants to non-profit organizations. To date, Pierre and wife Pam have committed more than $1 billion to hundreds of causes through individual gifts and three additional organizations they created —Humanity United, HopeLab and Ulupono Initiative. Also under the Omidyar Network umbrella, the Democracy Fund is a relatively new entity based in Washington, D.C. that is focused on strengthening U.S. democracy.

Sir Richard Branson is Founder and Chairman of the Virgin Group. Virgin is one of the world’s most recognized brands and has expanded into many diverse sectors from air and ground travel to telecommunications, health, space travel and renewable energy through more than 100 companies worldwide, employing approximately 60,000 people in 50 countries. Having started Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970, Branson, a high school dropout, founded Virgin Records and opened a record shop on Oxford Street, London. After building a recording studio, The Manor, the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, recorded and released ‘Tubular Bells’. Virgin Records went on to sign household names from the Sex Pistols to The Rolling Stones, becoming the biggest independent label in the world. Richard Branson is among the non-U.S. billionaires to sign the Giving Pledge.

Sean Parker is a tech entrepreneur with a record of launching genre-defining companies that have reinvented the online spread of information. In 1999, Sean cofounded file-sharing service Napster. In 2004, Sean joined Facebook, serving as its first President. In addition to his career at Facebook, Sean has helped co-found a number of other tech ventures, including: Plaxo, Causes and Airtime. He currently serves as a member of Spotify's board and is in the process of re-launching Airtime, a video chat service. In 2013, Sean married singer and songwriter, Alexandra Parke.

Seth Klarman is the manager of Baupost, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. While attending Harvard Business School, Seth’s professors, impressed with his market acumen, formed Baupost and recruited Seth to manage the fund. Since its inception in 1982, Seth has grown Baupost’s assets under management to roughly $26 billion. Known for his bottom-up approach, Seth has been called a “younger Warren Buffet” for his conservative yet highly profitable strategy of value investing. Seth outlined this approach in his 1991 book, Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor. Outside of Baupost, Seth is one of the main investors behind The Times of Israel, an online English-language newspaper that reports on Israel, the region and the Jewish world. In 1991, Seth and his wife Beth set up the Klarman Family Foundation, for which Beth currently serves as president. They have both committed to The Giving Pledge.

Stacy Schusterman is Chairman and CEO of Samson Energy Company, LLC, a private oil and gas company that is active in the U.S. Gulf Coast and the U.S. Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. She was Chairman and CEO of Samson Investment Company, a private oil and gas company, until its sale to a partnership organized by KKR in December 2011. She is also the Co-founder and Chairman of Granite Properties, commercial real estate business with properties in Texas, Atlanta and Denver. Stacy is the Co-Chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. She serves on the Executive Committee of BBYO, as a member of the AIPAC National Council and is involved in efforts to improve K-12 public education. Stacy is a graduate of Yale University and has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

About Born in a middle class home in Pittsburgh, Druckenmiller attended Bowdoin College and pursued a PhD at the University of Michigan. He dropped out and went to work for Pittsburgh National Bank. After becoming their head of equity research, Druckenmiller left to launch the legendary Duquesne Capital Management, a hedge fund he ran until 2010, when he reconverted it into a family office. While running Duquesne, Druckenmiller had stints at Dreyfus and with Soros. In 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy recognized the Druckenmillers as the most charitable couple in America. Most of their giving has been in education, poverty, environment, and health— and most of it has taken the form of big bets, including a $100 million grant for a neurological institute at New York University’s Langone Medical Center.

A graduate of Harvard University, Steve Ballmer dropped out of Stanford Business School to become Microsoft’s 30th employee in 1980. Over the next 34 years, Steve served in increasing roles of responsibility at Microsoft, including as its CEO from 2000 to 2014. Among his many accomplishments and missteps, Steve is largely recognized for tripling Microsoft’s profits during his 14 year tenure as CEO. In 2014, he surpassed Bill Gates as the company’s single largest individual shareholder. Shortly after stepping down from Microsoft, Steve purchased the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion. As part of the deal, $200 million was earmarked to form the Los Angeles Clippers foundation, which Steve will co-chair with Shelly Sterling, the wife of former Clippers owner Donald Sterling. In 1990, Steve married Connie Snyder. Over the years, Connie has been deeply involved in Seattle-based non-profit work.

Steven A. Cohen is the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, once one of the world's most famous hedge funds. SAC has since been renamed Point72 Asset Management following a highprofile insider-trading investigations and an ultimate settlement with federal prosecutors. After graduating from The University of Pennsylvania, Steve worked for 12 years at Gruntal & Co, a New York brokerage firm, before founding SAC in 1992. He became a star of the emerging hedge fund world in 1999 when he delivered a 68 percent return to his investors by backing dotcom stocks, and then did even better the following year by selling them as the bubble burst. Over the past decade, Steve has amassed an extensive art collection estimated at $700 million. The collection has earned him spots on Art News' "Top 10" list of biggest-spending art collectors and on Forbes' "Top Billionaire Art Collectors" list. In early 2014, Steve stepped down as director of the Robin Hood Foundation after serving for 10 years on its board.

Thomas Steyer is the founder and former Co-Senior Managing Partner of Farallon Capital Management, LLC. Steyer stepped away from Farallon on Jan 1., 2013, to focus on philanthropy and political activism, particularly pushing for advancements in alternative energy. Steyer attended the Buckley School, Philips Exeter Academy and graduated from Yale University summa cum laude in economics and political science and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was captain of the Yale soccer team. Steyer received his MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. In 2010, Steyer and his wife Kathryn Ann Taylor signed the Giving Pledge.

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Tim Draper is Founding Partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Draper’s original suggestion to use viral marketing in web-based email to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail, YahooMail, and Gmail and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by thousands of businesses. Draper’s venture successes include Skype, Overture, Baidu, Tesla, Hotmail, and hundreds of others. To encourage entrepreneurship, Draper started BizWorld.org, a non-profit for children to learn entrepreneurship, Draper University of Heroes, a school for entrepreneurs, and he leads SixCalifornias, an initiative to improve the governance of California by dividing it into six smaller states. Tim Draper has a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

William H. Draper III is one of America’s first venture capitalists. He is the General Partner of Draper Richards L.P., a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology companies in the U.S., and Draper International, a venture capital fund investing in private companies with operations in the U.S. and India. From 1981-1986, Draper served as President and Chairman of the Export- Import Bank of the U.S., continuing on to become the Administrator and CEO of the United Nations Development Program, serving until 1995. Draper also serves as Co-Chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a venture philanthropy firm focused on start-up non-profit organizations promoting social change. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, and an MBA, with distinction, from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.