The 15 biggest private donations to universities by the ultra rich
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May 21, 2019, 23:16 IST
15. Chuck Feeney, who helped pioneer duty-free shopping, donated $350 million to Cornell University in 2011.
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14. An anonymous donor gave $360 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a private research university in Troy, New York, in 2001.
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T-13. Nike co-founder and billionaire Philip Knight donated $400 million to Stanford University in 2016.
T-13. The Hewlett Foundation donated $400 million to Stanford University in 2001, at the time the single largest gift to an American college or university.
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T-13. Hedge-fund manager John A. Paulson donated $400 million to Harvard University in 2015.
T-13. Television mogul John W. Kluge donated $400 million to Columbia University in 2007.
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T-13. Holocaust survivors Howard and Lottie Marcus donated $400 million to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel in 2016.
8. Terry Gou, founder of electronics company Foxconn, donated $454 million to fund a cancer hospital at National Taiwan University in 2007.
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T-7. In 2015, Knight donated $500 million to Oregon Health & Science University to fund cancer research.
T-7. Helen Diller, wife of real estate billionaire Sanford Diller, donated $500 million to the University of California-San Francisco last year.
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T-7. Knight donated $500 million to Oregon University in 2016, the largest donation to a public flagship university in US history.
T-3. Florence Irving donated $600 million in funds to Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian to fund cancer research on behalf of her and her husband, Herbert.
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T-3. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife, Betty, donated $600 million over 10 years to the California Institute of Technology in 2001.
2. Anil Agarwal, an Indian metals and mining magnate who has a net worth of $3.5 billion, donated $1 billion to fund a research university in Odisha.
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1. Michael Bloomberg's donation of $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University.