American multi-billionaires who saw astronomic gains in wealth during the housing bubble. Culled from Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans lists.

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation $1,200,000,000 Barron Hilton
Druckenmiller Foundation $725,000,000 Stanley Druckenmiller
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences $400,000,000 John A Paulson
Harvard University $400,000,000 John A Paulson, Ken Griffin
University of Michigan $380,000,000 Stephen M Ross
MIT College of Computing (Stephen A. Schwarzman) $350,000,000 Stephen Schwarzman
Mount Sinai School of Medicine $200,000,000 Carl Icahn
Charles Koch Charitable Foundation $177,404,830 Charles Koch
SUNY Stony Brook $150,000,000 James H. Simons
Yale University $150,000,000 Stephen Schwarzman
Baylor College of Medicine $135,000,000 Dan Duncan
Senate Leadership Fund (Super PAC) $130,000,000 Sam Zell, Sheldon Adelson, Stephen Schwarzman, George R Roberts, John A Paulson, Ken Griffin, Stanley Druckenmiller, Julian Robertson Jr, Henry Kravis
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago $125,000,000 Ken Griffin
Democracy Pac Ii $125,000,000 George Soros
New York Public Library $100,000,000 Stephen Schwarzman
Harlem Children's Zone $100,000,000 Stanley Druckenmiller
Columbia Business School $100,000,000 Henry Kravis
Schwarzman Scholars $100,000,000 Stephen Schwarzman
The Simons Foundation $80,000,000 James H. Simons
Congressional Leadership Fund $59,885,000 Charles B Johnson, Sam Zell, Leon Black, Sheldon Adelson, Stephen Schwarzman, John A Paulson, Stephen M Ross, Dennis Washington, Ken Griffin, Stanley Druckenmiller, Paul Tudor Jones II, Julian Robertson Jr