Evelyn Haas was one of the most prominent personalities in the Bay Area. Before she died, Evelyn Haas was Walter A. Haas Jr’s widow. After his husband’s death, Evelyn Haas has been in charge of running the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund. This organization has donated more than $364 million to a...

Accomplished business strategist Peter Drucker is famous for his work as a management consultant, author, and philanthropist. As an author, Peter Drucker has more than 30 published books, all containing his ideas regarding business management, leadership, as well as operating large corporations. As a...

Marie Josee Kravis is a Canadian-born economist, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and President of the Museum of Modern Art. Her other duties have included board memberships of major corporations and foundations, including CIBC, The Standard Life Insurance CO, Hasbro Inc., Hollinger International,...

Melinda Ann French Gates is the wife of one of the most affluent men in the world, Microsoft’s Bill Gates. She is also known for doing charitable work for and forming the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an organization that aims to solve some of the issues humanity is currently facing, particularly...

Samuel Moore Walton is a man whose legacy will live long after him. The retailing mogul, who created the World’s Largest Retailer ($374.526 billion in sales, fiscal year ending January 31, 2008), Wal-Mart, has operations with various business models from neighborhood markets, discount stores and...

Martin S. Kimmel, co-founder of the New Hyde Park, New York real estate development firm Kimco Realty Corporation, left his wife Helen L. Kimmel a strong legacy of philanthropy. Now, with her generous $156.5 million in total commitments for 2008 alone, she has risen to rank as the 12th in The Philanthropy...

Entering into a family with a long line of well-known generous advocates, Christy Walton held her own as a distinguished member of the Walton legacy. Profiled by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine in The Giving Index, she ranked as the highest female philanthropist according to the amount she gives as a...

On August 12, 1930, a man who would actively redefine society’s and culture’s borders was born in Budapest, Hungary by the name of George Soros. He and his family migrated in England in 1947. He had to survive by manually working as a restaurant waiter as well as a railroad porter in England. In the...

Anne Cox Chambers is at the forefront of several philanthropic initiatives that further the preservation and appreciation of culture. Serving on the board of several non-profit organizations, she continues to be a champion for her personal advocacies. Anne Cox Chambers is a director of the American Advisory...

Oprah Winfrey is most well known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, but she also has many other media holdings, including a book club, magazines, and multimedia website. She is the first African American woman to make the Forbes list of billionaires. Through her Angel Network, Oprah Winfrey has...