Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has founded the Start-Up: Education foundation

01 / 19

Check out these super rich people around the world who gave away huge amount of their fortune for noble causes and charities.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has founded the Start-Up: Education foundation. In 2010, he signed ‘The Giving Pledge’ in which he promised to donate half of his fortune to charity. In 2014, Mark and his wife Priscilla donated $25 million to fight ‘Ebola’ in West Africa. (Getty Images)

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02 / 19

King of Pop Michael Jackson was a true humanitarian, who devoted much of his time and money in charities. He founded Heal the World Foundation in 1992, which worked towards the upliftment of underprivileged children. (Getty Images)

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03 / 19

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates along with his wife created the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is known as the world’s wealthiest charitable foundation with assets valued at around $34.6 billion. (Getty Images)

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04 / 19

Saudi business tycoon Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud pledged $32 billion to charity.

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05 / 19

Indian business tycoon Azim Premji founded the Azim Premji Foundation in 2001, which aims at providing quality education. In 2010, Premji donated $2 billion for the improvement of school education in India. Azim Premji was the first Indian to sign ‘The Giving Pledge’—a commitment to give most of his wealth for philanthropic causes. (BCCL)

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06 / 19

American philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul G Allen has spent nearly a fortune on science, education, wildlife conservation and arts. Apparently, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has given around $494 million to more than 1500 non-profit organizations.

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07 / 19

American businessman Carl Icahn has made substantial amount of charities in the field of education. Carl’s Children’s Rescue Fund is a homeless shelter.

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08 / 19

Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged to donate his $800 million fortune to charity.

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09 / 19

American businessman David Geffen is known for his charities in the field of medical research, arts and theatre.

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10 / 19

American business magnate Michael Bloomberg charities include health, arts, environment, education and government innovation. Michael Bloomberg Foundation is known for its umpteen pledges. (Getty Images)

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