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Andrew Carnegie

90%

Andrew Carnegie: $350M+ in giving, a historic GiveRate of 90% (Share of fortune given by death).

Historic GiveRate

90%

Giving

$350M+

Basis

Share of fortune given by death

Status

Source statement

Sources

Carnegie Corporation · Historical record

The math

Carnegie Corporation states that Carnegie had given away 90% of his fortune by his death. This is the cleanest historical share-of-fortune benchmark in the set.

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