Cogent founder makes list of top tech philanthropists

Which tech billionaires donated the most to charities in 2010? (NetworkWorld.com)

Also representing the tech industry is Ming Hsieh, who donated $50 million to the University of Southern California to help fund a new institute for nanomedicine research. Hsieh (No. 19) founded AMAX Information Technologies, a high performance computing and storage vendor in Fremont, Calif., and Cogent Systems, a biometric security vendor in Pasadena.

Mr. Hsieh has also donated generously to West Virginia University.