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10 billionaires who are giving generously to the world

New Delhi: Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a

#10 Jeffrey Carlton



Amount donated in 2013: $212 million

Net worth: n/a

Beneficiary: Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation in Paramount, Calif.

Background: Jeffrey Carlton founded Press Forge, a Paramount, Calif.-company that processes metals, steel, and titanium for aerospace, nuclear, oil, and gas companies and the military. Carlton died in 2012 at age 61 and left about $212 million to a trust that will eventually become the Jeffrey Carlton Charitable Foundation.

 

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