Cheryl Saban Philanthropy...
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Cheryl Saban is a writer and philanthropist. She was born on April 30, 1951 in La Mesa, California, and is married to Haim Saban, CEO of Fox Family Entertainment. Cheryl obtained a Ph.D. in psychology in 2005 and has been a published author since 1993, writing about social issues relating to the wellness and...
Stephen Ross Philanthropy...
Stephen M. Ross is a real estate developer, founder, chairman and CEO of The Related Companies, L.P. (TRC). He started out as a tax lawyer, having earned his degree in taxation from the New York University of Law. He also has a degree in accounting from the Michigan Business School at the University of...
Courtney Sale Ross Philanthropy...
Courtney Sale Ross is the widow of Steven Ross, former chair and CEO of Time Warner Inc. Courtney Ross is best known for her work with The Ross School, the innovative facility for interdisciplinary learning that Courtney Ross established in 1991 at East Hampton, New York. In her commitment to improving...
David Rockefeller Philanthropy...
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David Rockefeller is the youngest and only surviving grandson of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil. Rockefeller followed in his philanthropist father’s footsteps after serving in the army, earning a PhD from the Rockefeller founded University of Chicago, and becoming a banker at Chase...
Catherine B. Reynolds Philanthropy...
Catherine Reynolds sits at the helm of EduCap, Inc., the revolutionary student lending company. Catherine Reynolds helped develop the private education loans market and has been indirectly responsible for sending more Americans to college.
Catherine Reynolds is the first person to develop supplementary...
Sarah E. Johnson Redlich Philanthropy...
Sarah E. Johnson Redlich is the owner of Spike and Annie, a retailer and manufacturer of children’s and infants’ apparel based in Burlingame, California. She also was an Operations and Portfolio Manager for six years for Franklin Templeton until 1989.
Sarah E. Johnson Redlich has a degree in BS Biology...
Bernard Osher Philanthropy...
Bernard Osher is the co-Founder of World Savings. He started his career in business in the management of his family’s hardware and plumbing supplies store. From there, he joined Oppenheimer & Company and moved to New York. Later, he took his business sense westward to California and co-founded...
Pierre Omidyar Philanthropy...
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Pierre Omidyar is the inventor of eBay. He is an alumnus of Tufts University and a French immigrant. Before he made his fortune with eBay he worked for Claris, an Apple Computer company. On Labor Day in 1995, Omidyar launched eBay as an online auction house, creating a market for virtually anything from...
Gordon Moore Philanthropy...
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Gordon Moore is best known as the cofounder of Intel, as well as observer of Moore’s Law. He completed his undergraduate studies at Berkeley and received his PhD from Caltech.
Gordon Moore and his wife Betty established the Moore Foundation to target science, conservation, and higher education. The...
Thomas S. Monaghan Philanthropy...
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Orphaned on Christmas Eve in 1941, Thomas S. Managhan was raised successively in foster homes and a Catholic orphanage. He began college at the University of Michigan but never secured a degree due to financial constraints.
By borrowing $900, the then-studying Tom and his brother, James, set up the famous...