$85 million. They added the U-T, along with the Los Angeles Times, to a new news empire since rebranded with the lower-case name tronc. Finally, Burnham is
on the board of the San Diego–based Katerva, a fund that awards grants for programs activat- ing sustainability. The organization’s mission is “to find, evaluate, and accelerate disrup- tive sustainable innova- tions from around the world.” Their 2015 Kat- erva Award (now called the “Nobel Prize for Sus- tainability”) went to the Ocean Cleanup, which is using giant sieves to col- lect plastic debris from the Pacific Ocean’s gar- bage patch.
Givers remain masked Lists categorizing the 1 percent of the 1 percent are endless, from “Bil-
lionaires Behaving Badly” to “The Donor Class,” an array organized not by charity but by political patronage. If I follow only Indiana University- Purdue University’s “Mil- lion Dollar List,” I leave out many well-known local contributors to wor- thy causes. There are San Die-
gans with staggering wealth and untraceable charity. (You’d think they’d want their phi- lanthropy identified, but such information is, like a billionaire’s tax return, more often secretive than not.) Here’re a few names, their fortune’s source and their estimated net worth: Brothers Linden and
Neal Blue, General Atom- ics and other defense industries, $1.75 billion. William Lerach, king of class-action lawsuits, $700 million (even after a stint in prison). Frederic
tute. Giver or givers remain masked. The Community
T. Denny Sanford, Conrad Prebys, Malin Burnham. Burnham tried to buy the Union-Tribune but was outbid by the Chicago Tribune owners.
Luddy, IT cloud company executive, $550 million. Martin Wygod, WebMD founder and racehorse breeder, $400 million. U.S. Representative for the 49th Congressional District, Darrell Issa, car alarms, $357 million. Phil Mickelson, professional golfer, $350 million.
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