$100,000,000 Donation by Vancouver Tycoon – The Vancouver Sun

$100,000,000 Donation by Vancouver Tycoon – The Vancouver Sun

June 22, 2007  |   Media

An idea suggested by his wife over a bottle of wine has led Vancouver mining financier Frank Giustra to donate $100 million US — plus half of his future mining earnings — to a philanthropic project developed with his good friend, former U.S. president Bill Clinton.

The donation by the 49-year-old former Howe Street wunderkind could be the largest single philanthropic gift ever made by a Canadian.

$100,000,000 Donation by Vancouver Tycoon – The Vancouver Sun (PDF)