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46. Mortimer Zuckerman
Real estate and publishing
2004-08 Giving* $215 million
New to list The editor-in-chief of U.S.News & World Report and chairman and publisher of the New York Daily News, Zuckerman gives to a variety of medical research organizations, particularly those that fight cancer. In 2006, Zuckerman gave $100 million to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for a research facility. Primarily funded by his substantial real estate holdings, Zuckerman also gives to causes ranging from higher education to archeology to child poverty.
For more, visit the Mortimer Zuckerman Philanthropy topic on Business Exchange.
*Based on public records and interviews with donors
Data: BusinessWeek, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
