Last year he donated half of his remaining stake in AhnLab, worth about $130 million at the time, to charitable causes to help disadvantaged children.
Last Christmas you, our readers, donated half a million pounds to the Independent's Elephant Appeal to help stop poachers slaughtering elephants for their ivory in unprecedented numbers.
Dr. Herskowitz consistently donated half his share of the patent income to finance scholarships and fellowships for students in his laboratory.
Taylor Swift personally donated half a million dollars, telling journalists she "honestly could not believe what was happening to the city".
After the book was published Lapierre donated half the royalties of the book to support various humanitarian causes in Kolkata and continues to work with urban poor in the city through his foundation, City of Joy Aid.
Through News Corp., Murdoch has donated half a million dollars to the Clinton Climate Initiative, part of the former President's ambitious effort to address problems such as poverty, AIDS, and global warming.
