
Amount donated in 2014: $550-million
Better known as the guy who helped start Napster and the founding president of Facebook, the technology entrepreneur Sean Parker is embarking on a new phase: top philanthropist.
Taking the No. 5 spot on the Philanthropy 50 list, Mr. Parker gave a total of $550-million last year to the Sean N. Parker Foundation and to his donor-advised fund, both of which he quietly established several years ago.
Until last year, the 35-year-old Mr. Parker kept a low philanthropic profile. But that changed in December when he announced a $24-million grant to establish the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford University.
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