SEATTLE — The Borgen Project estimates that it would cost $30 billion per year to end world hunger. Even though that sounds like a large amount of money, relative to the amount Congress spends on defense each year ($737 billion), it’s a manageable amount.
Let’s take a look at a few of the world’s top billionaires and see what they could contribute to ending world hunger.
Larry Ellison — $41 Billion
Though Larry Ellison is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corp, he is 69 years old and is a stakeholder in many huge companies like Astex Pharmaceuticals and Salesforce.com.
Source: The Richest
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Amancio Ortega — $57 Billion
Amancio Ortega is the founding chairman of the Inditex group Ortega, and is the richest man in Spain.
Source: The Richest
Carlos Slim Helu — $73 Billion
Until 2014, Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico had been in the top spot on the billionaires’ list for four years. His largest listed company is America Movil, a Pan-Latin American mobile telecom company.
Sources: Forbes, The Richest
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Bill Gates — $78.3 Billion
Like Ellison, Gates is another college dropout. He is most famous for co-founding the world’s largest software company, Microsoft. Gates has been the richest man in the U.S. for some time now. Gates and his wife have been strong advocates for the worlds poor and have donated significant amounts of their fortune.
Sources: The Richest, The Gates Foundation
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Warren Buffett — $58.5 Billion
Warren Buffet is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a large multinational conglomerate. Buffett is famous for his philosophy on value investment and pledging to donate at least 99 percent of his money to philanthropic causes.
Source: The Richest
Sources: The Richest, The Borgen Project
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