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Houston billionaire couple plans to donate 95% of their $11 billion fortune to local causes: 'I want our grandchildren to be proud'

(Credit: Getty Images—Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle)

The billionaire club is an exclusive one: There are only about 900 billionaires in the U.S., according to CNBC. But an even more distinct group is the billionaires who give away a high percentage of their wealth. 

That includes investor and philanthropist George Soros (an estimated 76% of his wealth has been donated), novelist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos MacKenzie Scott (about 50%-60%), investor Warren Buffett (30% so far, but has pledged 99%), and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates (20% so far, but has also pledged 99%). 

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