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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg top list of the world’s 20 most generous people

The billionaires have donated a significant amount of their net worth to charity The world’s most generous individuals have been revealed - and Bill Gates has topped the list. According to  research compiled by Business Insider and Wealth-X , the Microsoft co-founder has a net worth of $84.2bn and has so far donated $27bn over the course of his lifetime. Together with Warren Buffet, Gates created the Giving Pledge , which encourages high-wealth individuals to promise to give a sizeable percentage of their money to charity.He owns and runs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with his wife, which is known for its work on advances in science and technology to improve health in developing countries, while aiming to tackle poverty globally. Buffet is one of the wealthiest men in the world and second on the list of the most generous. With a net worth of $61bn and having already given away $21.5bn, the affectionately named Oracle of Omaha  has promised to give most of his asse

Review: Warren Buffett's Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success

Overview Even in today's economic climate, when so many investors and major companies are failing, Warren Buffett continues to be successful in all aspects of his life. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written the first book ever to take an in-depth look at Warren Buffett's philosophies for personal and professional management — what they are, how they work, and how you can use them. Through close examination of Warren Buffett's life and career from his earliest days to now, Buffett and Clark shed light on his decision-making processes and reveal his strategies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. They examine Buffett's inimitable leadership qualities and explain how Warren integrated what he learned over time into a winning management formula and became not only the manager whom other managers want to emulate but also the second richest man in the world. A true companion volume to Buffett and Clark's successful Buffettology series, Warren Buff