Highlighted Philanthropists
Veronica Atkins
Atkins is one of the top fifty most generous philanthropists. Newsweek also proclaimed her part of the “All-Star Team" in philanthropy.
Naveen Jain
Jain has been named one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs by Red Herring, recognized for winning the Albert Einstein Technology Medal Winner, and received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2007.
George Soros
The Soros Foundations are an international network of local, Soros-founded foundations promoting sociopolitical activities.
Kenneth Langone
In 1978, he partnered with Bernard Marcus and Arthur Blank to found Home Depot, which today is one of the largest and most successful chains in the home improvement industry. He has contributed almost $150 million dollars to various charities.
James E. Stowers
James E. Stowers founded the premier investment management firm American Century Companies. The company, formerly known as Twentieth Century Investors, boasts of assets close to $85 billion.
American Century Companies initially managed mutual funds. It has since metamorphosed into a globally-esteemed investment management firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
James E. Stowers founded publishing house Stowers Innovations in 1990. Stowers Innovations published the acclaimed "Yes, You Can" books, which teach people how to improve their financial status. James Stowers believed in the value of helping others succeed.
- James E. Stowers and wife Virginia Stowers founded the Stowers Institute to support Medical Research in Missouri to combat cancer.
- As a non-profit biomedical research facility, the Stowers Institute vows to prevent, treat, and cure gene-related diseases by funding research into the genes and proteins that trigger them. The Stowers Institute hopes to better understand the hereditary mechanisms associated with cancer, diabetes, and dementia, among other debilitating illnesses. The Stowers couple has donated a total of $2 billion to cancer research.
- James E. Stowers also contributes to new technology research and design.
- At present, the Stowers Institute has over twenty independent research programs.