桑賈伊·毛里亞
A charity is established to help those in need, whether it be humanitarian or environmental. We are going to explore the worlds most generous people in 2021.
Bill Gates
Born: 28 October 1955 (age 66 years)
Company—Microsoft
Net worth: 12,670 crores1 USD (2021) Forbes
Lifetime donations: $27 billion
Bill and Melinda Gates launched the Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation in the United States. The legendary investors mission to give away more than 99 percent of his riches continues in Seattle, Washington.
Hes given more than $40 billion so far, much of it through annual grants to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where its used to fight poverty and improve healthcare in the United States and other nations.
Warren Buffett
Born: 30 August 1930 (age 91 years)
Company—Berkshire Hathway
Net worth: 10,810 crores USD (2021) Forbes
Lifetime donations: $21.5 billion
Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate2 that controls more than 60 businesses, including insurer Geico3, battery manufacturer Duracell, and food chain Dairy Queen. Hes given $37 billion to the charity thus far.
He recently gave $2.9 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (named after his late wife), and three charitable organizations formed by his children Howard, Peter, and Susie.
When Berkshire Hathaways stock price was higher in 2019, Buffett made his greatest gift of $3.61 billion. Last year, Forbes magazine estimated Buffetts net worth to be $71.4 billion, putting him ninth in the world.
George Soros
Born: 12 August 1930 (age 91 years)
Company—Soros Fund Management
Net worth: 860 crores USD (2021) Forbes
Lifetime donations: $8 billion
George Soros HonFBA4 is an American investor, and philanthropist who was born in Hungary. He had an estimated net worth of $8.6 billion in March 2021, having given the Open Society Foundation more than $32 billion.
After the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, Soros Open Society Foundations is now the worlds third-biggest philanthropic foundation.
Azim Premji
Born: 24 July 1945 (age 76 years), Mumbai
Company—Wipro Limited
Net worth: 930 crores USD (2021) Forbes
Lifetime donations: $8 billion
Azim Hashim Premji, the chairman of Wipro Limited, is an Indian business magnate5, businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. Azim Premji is the most charitable Indian, donating 22 crores each day. Azim Premji, the founder-chairman of Wipro, topped the list of philanthropists in India for 2020 with a donation of INR6 7,904 crore.
On April 1, the Azim Premji Foundation, Wipro, and Wipro Enterprises7 pledged a total of INR 1,125 crore to combat the COVID-19 epidemic.
Charles Francis Feeney
Born: 23 April 1931 (age 90 years)
Company—Duty-Free Shoppers Group
Net worth: US$2 million
Lifetime donations: $9 billion
Charles Francis Feeney is an Irish-American philanthropist and co-founder of the Duty-Free Shoppers Group. He founded The Atlantic Philanthropies, which is one of the worlds largest private philanthropic foundations.
He decided to give away his whole multibillion-dollar wealth. The 90-year-old American industrialist has now accomplished this, contributing about $9 billion (?7 billion) globally.
Mr. Feeney, who was born to Irish-American parents, committed $570 million to charities in Northern Ireland over four decades through his charity, the Atlantic Philanthropies.
Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
Born: 30 November 1928 (age 92 years)
Education: King Abdulaziz University
Organizations founded: Al-Rajhi Bank, Al-Watania Poultry, SAAR8 Foundation
Lifetime donations: $5.7 billion
Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi is a rich Saudi Arabian businessman. Forbes assessed his net worth to be $5.9 billion in 2011, making him the 169th richest person on the planet. In his hometown, he created the charity Sulaiman Al Rajhi University.
The universitys primary areas of study are health and Islamic banking, although it also includes other faculties9. He declared in May 2011 that the majority of his $7.7 billion wealth would be donated to charity.
Gordon Moore
Born: 3 January 1929 (age 92 years)
Company—Intel Corporation
Net worth: 1,160 crores USD (2021) Forbes
Lifetime donations: $5 billion
Gordon Earle Moore is a co-founder and chairman emeritus10 of Intel Corporation, as well as an American businessman and engineer. Moores law was also created by him. Moores net worth was estimated to be $12.6 billion in March 2021.
In September 2000, Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore and his wife Betty I. Moore created the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to encourage scientific innovation, environmental protection, patient care advancements, and the preservation of the Bay Areas identity.
Carlos Slim Helú
Born: 28 January 1940 (age 81 years)
Company—América Móvil
Net worth: 7,350 crores USD (2021)
Lifetime donations: $27.3 billion
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, philanthropist and investor. In Mexico, he established the Grameen-Carso microcredit program, which provided modest loans to the poor.
Carlos Slim Helú has established three non-profit foundations: Fundacion Carlos Slim Helu, Fundacion Telmex, and Fundacion del Centro Historico de la Ciudad de Mexico AC which mainly focuses on arts, education, and health system.
Eli Broad
Born: 6 June 1933
Occupation: Businessman and investor
Died: April 30, 2021 (aged 87)
Lifetime donations: $3.3 billion
Eli Broad was a businessman, investor, philanthropist and writer from the United States. With an estimated net worth of $6.7 billion, Forbes listed Broad as the 233rd richest person in the world and the 78th wealthiest person in the United States in June 2019.
Eli Broad, an entrepreneur and phil-anthropist, founded the Broad Foundations to promote entrepreneurship for the public good in education, research, and the arts. The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and The Broad Art Foundation are two of the Broad Foundations $2.1 billion assets.
George Kaiser
Born: 29 July 1942 (age 79 years)
Company—BOK11 Financial Corpor-ation
Net worth: 570 crores USD (2021)
Lifetime donations: $3.3 billion
George Bruce Kaiser is a multibillionaire businessman from the United States. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is the chairman of BOK Financial Corpor-ation. He is one of the worlds top 100 wealthiest persons and was named one of the top 50 American philanthropists in 2012.
He established the George Kaiser Family Foundation, which supports educational, health, social, and community development organizations such as the Tulsa Community College Foundation, Oklahoma City Educare12, National Energy Policy Institute, Tulsa Community Foundation, and the University of Tulsa. Kaiser pledged to devote half of his money to charity when he signed the Giving Pledge13 in 2010.
設(shè)立慈善機構(gòu)是為幫助那些有需之人,無論是人道還是環(huán)保方面的需要。下面我們就來了解2021年世界上的最慷慨人士。
比爾·蓋茨
出生日期:1955年10月28日(現(xiàn)年66歲)
公司:微軟
凈資產(chǎn):1267億美元(2021)《福布斯》
總捐款額:270億美元
比爾·蓋茨和梅琳達·蓋茨在美國創(chuàng)辦了蓋茨基金會和蓋茨學習基金會。這位傳奇投資人要捐出自己99%以上財富的誓愿,在華盛頓州西雅圖市持續(xù)兌現(xiàn)。
迄今他已捐贈超過400億美元,這些捐贈多是通過每年向比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會撥款,用于在美國及其他國家消除貧困和改善醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生狀況。
沃倫·巴菲特
出生日期:1930年8月30日(現(xiàn)年91歲)
公司:伯克希爾-哈撒韋
凈資產(chǎn):1081億美元(2021)《福布斯》
總捐款額:215億美元
巴菲特是伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司首席執(zhí)行官。這一聯(lián)合大企業(yè)旗下有60多家商業(yè)機構(gòu),包括政府雇員保險公司、金霸王電池、冰雪皇后餐飲連鎖等。至今他已向慈善事業(yè)捐贈370億美元。
就在最近,他把價值為29億美元的伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司股票捐贈給比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會、蘇珊·湯普森·巴菲特基金會(以其已故妻子的名字命名)以及他三個孩子霍華德、彼得和蘇茜成立的三個慈善組織 。
在伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司股價更高的2019年,巴菲特做出了其最大一筆捐贈36.1億美元。去年,《福布斯》雜志估算巴菲特的凈資產(chǎn)為714億美元,位居世界第九。
喬治·索羅斯
出生日期:1930年8月12日(現(xiàn)年91歲)
公司:索羅斯基金管理公司
凈資產(chǎn):86億美元? (2021)《福布斯》
總捐款額:80億美元
英國社會科學院榮譽院士喬治·索羅斯是美國投資人、慈善家,出生于匈牙利。2021年3月,他的估算凈資產(chǎn)為86億美元,捐贈給開放社會基金會超過320億美元。
索羅斯的開放社會基金會為現(xiàn)今世界第三大慈善基金會,僅次于比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會和維康信托基金會。
阿齊姆·普雷姆吉
出生日期:1945年7月24日(現(xiàn)年76歲),孟買
公司:維布絡(luò)有限公司
凈資產(chǎn):93億美元(2021)《福布斯》
總捐款額:80億美元
維布絡(luò)有限公司董事長阿齊姆·哈希姆·普雷姆吉,是印度商業(yè)巨頭、商人、工程師和慈善家。他是印度最樂善好施的人,每天捐出2.2億盧比。作為維布絡(luò)公司創(chuàng)始人與董事長,阿齊姆·普雷姆吉以790.4億印度盧比的捐贈額,高居2020年印度慈善家榜首。
4月1日,阿齊姆·普雷姆吉基金會、維布絡(luò)公司和維布絡(luò)實業(yè)有限公司承諾,捐贈總計112.5億盧比用于抗擊新冠肺炎疫情。
查爾斯·弗朗西斯·菲尼
出生日期:1931年4月23日(現(xiàn)年90歲)
公司:免稅品店集團
凈資產(chǎn):200萬美元
總捐款額:90億美元
查爾斯·弗朗西斯·菲尼是愛爾蘭裔美國慈善家,免稅品店集團共同創(chuàng)始人。他創(chuàng)立的大西洋慈善基金是世界上最大的私人慈善基金會之一。
這位90歲的美國實業(yè)家決意捐出自己全部的數(shù)十億美元財富。這一誓愿目前已經(jīng)達成,其捐獻遍及全球,計約90億美元(70億英鎊)。
因為菲尼先生的父母都是愛爾蘭裔美國人,40年間,他經(jīng)由自己的慈善組織——大西洋慈善基金,向北愛爾蘭各慈善機構(gòu)捐贈達5.7億美元。
蘇萊曼·本·阿卜杜勒·阿齊茲·拉吉
出生日期:1928年11月30日(現(xiàn)年92歲)
教育背景:阿卜杜勒·阿齊茲國王大學
創(chuàng)設(shè)機構(gòu):拉吉銀行、瓦塔尼亞家禽行、蘇萊曼·阿卜杜勒·阿齊茲·拉吉基金會
總捐款額:57億美元
謝赫蘇萊曼·本·阿卜杜勒·阿齊茲·拉吉是沙特阿拉伯富商。2011年,《福布斯》估算其擁有凈資產(chǎn)59億美元,列于全球富豪榜第169位。他在家鄉(xiāng)創(chuàng)辦了慈善性的蘇萊曼·拉吉大學。
這所大學的主要學科領(lǐng)域是衛(wèi)生學和伊斯蘭銀行業(yè)務(wù),不過也包括其他院系。他在2011年5月宣布,自己77億美元財產(chǎn)中的大部分將捐贈給慈善事業(yè)。
戈登·摩爾
出生日期:1929年1月3日(現(xiàn)年92歲)
公司:英特爾公司
凈資產(chǎn):116億美元? (2021)《福布斯》
總捐款額:50億美元
戈登·厄爾·摩爾是英特爾公司共同創(chuàng)始人和榮譽退休董事長,也是美國商人和工程師。他還創(chuàng)立了摩爾定律。2021年3月,摩爾的凈資產(chǎn)經(jīng)估算為126億美元。
2000年9月,英特爾公司共同創(chuàng)始人戈登·E.摩爾同夫人貝蒂·I.摩爾成立了戈登和貝蒂·摩爾基金會,以鼓勵科學創(chuàng)新、環(huán)境保護、病患護理改善和灣區(qū)的特色保持善用。
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃盧
出生日期:1940年1月28日(現(xiàn)年81歲)
公司:美洲移動電信公司
凈資產(chǎn):735億美元(2021)
總捐款額:273億美元
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃盧是墨西哥商業(yè)巨頭、慈善家和投資人。在墨西哥,他創(chuàng)立了格萊珉-卡爾索小額信貸項目,為窮人提供小額貸款。
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃盧建立了三個非營利性基金會:卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃盧基金會、墨西哥國家電話公司基金會和主要關(guān)注藝術(shù)、教育和衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)的墨西哥城歷史中心基金會。
埃利·布羅德
出生日期:1933年6月6日
職業(yè):商人和投資人
離世日期:2021年4月30日(享年87歲)
總捐款額:33億美元
埃利·布羅德是美國商人、投資人、慈善家和作家。2019年6月,《福布斯》雜志估算布羅德凈資產(chǎn)為67億美元,將其排在全球富豪榜第233位和美國富豪榜第78位。
作為企業(yè)家和慈善家,埃利·布羅德創(chuàng)建了布羅德基金會,以促進教育、研究和藝術(shù)領(lǐng)域的為公益創(chuàng)業(yè)精神。布羅德基金會共擁有21億美元資產(chǎn),分屬埃利和埃迪絲·布羅德基金會、布羅德藝術(shù)基金會。
喬治·凱澤
出生日期:1942年7月29日(現(xiàn)年79歲)
公司:俄克拉何馬銀行金融公司
凈資產(chǎn):57億美元? (2021)
總捐款額:33億美元
喬治·布魯斯·凱澤是一位有億萬身家的美國富商。他是俄克拉何馬州塔爾薩市俄克拉何馬銀行金融公司的董事會主席。2012年,他躋身世界富豪榜前100名,并獲評美國50大慈善家之一。
他創(chuàng)立了喬治·凱澤家庭基金會,資助對象為教育、衛(wèi)生、社會和社區(qū)發(fā)展組織,諸如塔爾薩社區(qū)學院基金會、俄克拉荷馬市托育園、國家能源政策研究所、塔爾薩社區(qū)基金會和塔爾薩大學等。2010年,凱澤簽署“捐贈誓約”,承諾將他一半的財產(chǎn)捐獻給慈善事業(yè)。? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?□
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