As of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime! That's more than half of his total net worth!
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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Boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukrainian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
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