He and his spouse, Sandy Bainum, a singer and actress, joined the Giving Pledge, a marketing campaign looking for commitments by the world’s wealthiest folks to contribute most of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Others who’ve made the pledge embrace Fb’s Mark Zuckerberg and his spouse, Priscilla Chan, Elon Musk, Michael Bloomberg, and, notably, Patrick Quickly-Shiong, who acquired the Los Angeles Instances and San Diego Union-Tribune from Tribune Publishing for $500 million in 2018 and nonetheless holds a 24% stake within the firm.
