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by Julie Zeveloff Young philanthropists dominated this year's list of the 50 biggest donors in America, with three of the top five well under 40. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, 28, came in only behind Warren Buffett on the annual list from The Chronicle of Philanthropy. He and wife Priscilla Chan gave 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at close to $500 million, to support education and health programs in Silicon Valley. Even so, giving remained below pre-recession levels. The top 50 donors on The Chronicle's list committed $7.4 billion to charity in 2012, down from $10.4 billion the previous year. The median ...

Most kids would be thrilled by a trip to Disney World. But for Suri Cruise a trip to the Magic Kingdom isn't complete without a night in the invitation-only suite at Cinderella's Castle. And she isn't even the most spoiled kid on this list. via Business Insider Petra and Tamara Ecclestone, daughters of Formula One racing honcho Bernie Ecclestone Petra and Tamara, the gorgeous and pampered offspring of Bernie Ecclestone, are known for their extravagant spending on everything from handbags to real estate — Petra famously bought an $85 million mansion in L.A. last year. The daughters, ages 23 and 28, ...

Zong Qinghou, the chairman of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co, is by most estimates the richest man in China and has a particularly inspiring rags-to-riches story — even today Zong, said to be worth $21.6 billion, reportedly spends just $20 a day. But Zong's success hasn't had entirely positive for his daughter, the 30-year-old Zong Fuli. In an interview with Chinese magazine Fuzhou News, the younger Zong revealed she'd never had a boyfriend. The South China Morning Post reports that the revelation has led to outpourings of advice online: “Zong should give away all his money to poor children in rural ...