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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

#8 Irwin and Joan Jacobs



Amount donated in 2013: $221.1 million

Net worth: $1.6 billion

Beneficiary: The Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell and NYC Tech, both in New York, N.Y., Jewish Community Foundation San Diego Donor Advised Fund, Dunaway Foundation in San Diego, Calif., and San Diego Public Library Foundation

Background: Irwin Jacobs co-founded wireless-communications company, Qualcomm.

 

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