Business - Charity People who have signed the 'giving pledge'

The Associated Press

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett released a list Wednesday of people who have signed a promise to give at least half their wealth to charity. Here's the list of names, by state, as provided by the organization they call the "Giving Pledge."

CALIFORNIA

Eli and Edythe Broad

Michele Chan and

Patrick Soon-Shiong

Ann and John Doerr

Larry Ellison

Barron Hilton

Joan and Irwin Jacobs

Lorry I. Lokey

George Lucas

Alfred E. Mann

Tashia and John Morgridge

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Herb and Marion Sandler

Jeff Skoll

Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor

GEORGIA

Bernie and Billi Marcus

Ted Turner

HAWAII

Pierre and Pam Omidyar

WASHINGTON, D.C./ MARYLAND

David M. Rubenstein

Vicki and Roger Sant

MICHIGAN

Thomas S. Monaghan

MISSOURI

Jim and Virginia Stowers

NEBRASKA

Warren Buffett

Walter Scott Jr.

NEW YORK

Michael R. Bloomberg

Barry Diller and

Diane von Furstenberg

Elaine and Ken Langone

Ronald O. Perelman

Peter G. Peterson

Julian H. Robertson Jr.

David Rockefeller

Jim and Marilyn Simons

Sanford and Joan Weill

Shelby White

OKLAHOMA

George B. Kaiser

PENNSYLVANIA

Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest

TEXAS

Laura and John Arnold

T. Boone Pickens

UTAH

Jon and Karen Huntsman

WASHINGTON

Paul G. Allen

Bill and Melinda Gates

Source: http://givingpledge.org

Published: Fri, Aug 6, 2010