--- title: Meet the 14 Billionaires Who Just Promised to Give Their Fortunes Away description: The Giving Pledge created by Bill Gates & Warren Buffet to solve the world's problems, has added 14 new billionaire members. authors: - name: Rob Wile url: https://money.com/author/rob-wile/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 191 covers: - Personal Finance - Business - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/rjwile former_staff: true published: '2017-05-31T15:42:52.000Z' modified: '2017-05-31T15:42:52.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - bill gate - Charity - philanthropy - rich - Warren Buffett - Wealth word_count: 364 canonical: https://money.com/meet-the-14-billionaires-who-just-promised-to-give-their-fortunes-away/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Forbes' 2015 Philanthropy Summit Awards Dinner](https://img.money.com/2017/05/billgatesbuffettpledge-em-475794176.jpg) *Warren Buffett (L) and Bill Gates attend the Forbes' 2015 Philanthropy Summit Awards Dinner.* The Giving Pledge, the foundation created in 2010 by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to use their fortunes to solve the world's problems, [has added](https://givingpledge.org/PressRelease.aspx?date=05.30.2017) 14 new billionaire members. The Pledge encourages the world's wealthiest individuals and families to give the majority of their wealth away to philanthropic causes. The foundation announced this week that 14 more individuals or couples, hailing from Australia, China, Cyprus, Monaco, Norway, Slovenia, Tanzania, and the United States, have agreed to to Pledge. The newest signatories include easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou; Harry Stine, [said to be the richest man in Iowa](https://www.forbes.com/profile/harry-stine/); and Mohammed Dewji, the heir to the fortune of METL, the largest company in Tanzania. Quartz [calculated](https://qz.com/994210/fourteen-billionaires-have-pledged-to-give-away-half-their-fortunes-says-bill-and-melinda-gates-giving-pledge/) the net worth of eight of the 14 new signatories (the only ones publicly available), and found they are sitting atop a combined $14.3 billion. Here are all 14 new names to sign the Giving Pledge: Leonard H. Ainsworth — Australia Mohammed Dewji — Tanzania Dagmar Dolby — United States Dong Fangjun — People’s Republic of China Anne Grete Eidsvig and Kjell Inge Røkke — Norway Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou — Monaco, Cyprus Nick and Leslie Hanauer — United States Iza and Samo Login — Slovenia Dean and Marianne Metropoulos — United States Terry and Susan Ragon — United States Nat Simons and Laura Baxter-Simons — United States Robert Frederick Smith — United States Harry H. Stine — United States You Zhonghui — People’s Republic of China “Philanthropy is different around the world, but almost every culture has a long-standing tradition of giving back,” Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said in a statement. “Bill and Warren and I are excited to welcome the new, very international group of philanthropists joining the Giving Pledge, and we look forward to learning from their diverse experiences.” The philanthropists will use their resources to support a range of causes, including climate change, environmental and ecological protection, education, poverty alleviation, and medical and healthcare research, the foundation said. Giving Pledge members are also meeting this week for the group’s annual two-day learning conference. 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