Billionaire philanthropists and thought leaders address the lack of confidence in the giving system at the 2026 Giving and Impact Summit.

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The soap maker says that the philanthropic effort raises the wrong question. Jun 10, 2026 Warren Buffett, Melinda French Gates, and Bill Gates have spent more than 15 years urging the world’s wealthiest people to give away most of their fortunes. Dr. Bronner’s takes issue with that conversation. The family-owned soap company, which reported about $250 million in revenue last year, is not opposed to philanthropy. Over the past two decades, Dr. Bronner’s and its family foundation have awarded more

With more families set to pay inheritance tax, reducing liability as early as possible is crucial Teach children the power of compounding Yet more families are set to be dragged into the inheritance-tax (IHT) net. Most unused pension funds will be counted as part of an estate for IHT purposes from 6 April 2027. Of roughly 213,000 estates with inheritable pension wealth in 2027-2028, 10,500 will start paying IHT, while 38,500 estates will pay more. The average IHT liability will rise by £34,000

‘UK philanthropy poses a huge opportunity’: Industry leaders set to meet at third Giving and Impact Summit The conference returns for its third edition with businessman James Reed CBE and charity leader Sarah Brown among the summit's speakers

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June 13, 2026, 6:05 AM ET Melinda French Gates has some advice for new millionaires coming into wealth through this year's mega-IPOs at SpaceX and OpenAI. SpaceX just set a record for the largest-ever IPO, raising $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation. OpenAI and Anthropic are soon to follow to the public markets. And with these three mega-IPOs will come a generation of brand-new millionaires and even billionaires. Like the ultra-wealthy who have come before them, they’ll have to figure out

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When you donate stock, you give away any future gains. But there’s good reason to consider doing so — and it can benefit both the donor and the charity.

June 5, 2026, 3:00 AM ET MacKenzie Scott has become one of the most prolific modern philanthropists. Before MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge and started on her path to give away her $36 billion net worth, she went looking for a paragraph in a book she’d marked up during her college years. Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, just months after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos left her with a roughly 4% stake in the company. But the billionaire philanthropist and

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife Mackenzie Scott is known for her impressive charitable donations, but how she chooses who to give to is different from most of her peers.

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Wealthy Americans use DAFs to give back and save on taxes, but the popular strategy comes with strings attached.

Philanthropist says young Britons ‘priced out’ of best institutions, with their places taken by international students

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Some of the most iconic minds in business including Bill Ackman, Michael Dell and John Arnold are applying contrarian thinking to how they give their billions away.

A stretch of Panet Road has been honorarily named after long-time local business Princess Auto.

“Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest, and Chris Anderson of TED, consider yourself challenged,” Bill Gates bellowed from his garden. Beaming, he tugged on a candy cane-colored rope that dumped a barrel of icy cold water over his head. “You have 24 hours. Good luck.”

By Mila Sherman, PhD, Professor of Finance, Shhreya Anand, Jonathan Fula, Hurditya Lohia (students), and Alternatives Class Advisor: Kristen Walters (alumni)

I · THE MACKENZIE SCOTT PARADOX $7 Billion Given — and Snubbed from the Honours List The most disruptive philanthropy story of the season belongs to MacKenzie Scott, whose Yield Giving organisation distributed more than $7 billion to over 120 organisations in 2025 alone — bringing her lifetime chari