Robin Williams – $50 Million – Philanthropy
Robin Williams has been a household name in the movie industry. Through all his work in the different films that he has done, he was able to contribute a lot to entertainment and at the same time earn a fortune from his career.
With his earnings, he decided to give back to the people by engaging in some philanthropic work. In 1986, he and colleagues Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg found Comic Relief USA, a yearly benefit with the help of HBO who funded homeless families. In 2014, they raised up to $80 million. On top of this venture, he also gave his investment money to Windfall Foundation, an organization he put up with his wife Marsha Williams. His philanthropic works and all the other ways to give back to the people have made them love him more. He showed love to the public in more ways than one.