Top 10 Most Charitable People in the World世界十大慈善家排行榜
2021-11-30桑贾伊·毛里亚
桑贾伊·毛里亚
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.
設立慈善机构是为帮助那些有需之人,无论是人道还是环保方面的需要。下面我们就来了解2021年世界上的最慷慨人士。
比尔·盖茨
出生日期:1955年10月28日(现年66岁)
公司:微软
净资产:1267亿美元(2021)《福布斯》
总捐款额:270亿美元
比尔·盖茨和梅琳达·盖茨在美国创办了盖茨基金会和盖茨学习基金会。这位传奇投资人要捐出自己99%以上财富的誓愿,在华盛顿州西雅图市持续兑现。
迄今他已捐赠超过400亿美元,这些捐赠多是通过每年向比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会拨款,用于在美国及其他国家消除贫困和改善医疗卫生状况。
沃伦·巴菲特
出生日期:1930年8月30日(现年91岁)
公司:伯克希尔-哈撒韦
净资产:1081亿美元(2021)《福布斯》
总捐款额:215亿美元
巴菲特是伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司首席执行官。这一联合大企业旗下有60多家商业机构,包括政府雇员保险公司、金霸王电池、冰雪皇后餐饮连锁等。至今他已向慈善事业捐赠370亿美元。
就在最近,他把价值为29亿美元的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司股票捐赠给比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会、苏珊·汤普森·巴菲特基金会(以其已故妻子的名字命名)以及他三个孩子霍华德、彼得和苏茜成立的三个慈善组织 。
在伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司股价更高的2019年,巴菲特做出了其最大一笔捐赠36.1亿美元。去年,《福布斯》杂志估算巴菲特的净资产为714亿美元,位居世界第九。
乔治·索罗斯
出生日期:1930年8月12日(现年91岁)
公司:索罗斯基金管理公司
净资产:86亿美元 (2021)《福布斯》
总捐款额:80亿美元
英国社会科学院荣誉院士乔治·索罗斯是美国投资人、慈善家,出生于匈牙利。2021年3月,他的估算净资产为86亿美元,捐赠给开放社会基金会超过320亿美元。
索罗斯的开放社会基金会为现今世界第三大慈善基金会,仅次于比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会和维康信托基金会。
阿齐姆·普雷姆吉
出生日期:1945年7月24日(现年76岁),孟买
公司:维布络有限公司
净资产:93亿美元(2021)《福布斯》
总捐款额:80亿美元
维布络有限公司董事长阿齐姆·哈希姆·普雷姆吉,是印度商业巨头、商人、工程师和慈善家。他是印度最乐善好施的人,每天捐出2.2亿卢比。作为维布络公司创始人与董事长,阿齐姆·普雷姆吉以790.4亿印度卢比的捐赠额,高居2020年印度慈善家榜首。
4月1日,阿齐姆·普雷姆吉基金会、维布络公司和维布络实业有限公司承诺,捐赠总计112.5亿卢比用于抗击新冠肺炎疫情。
查尔斯·弗朗西斯·菲尼
出生日期:1931年4月23日(现年90岁)
公司:免税品店集团
净资产:200万美元
总捐款额:90亿美元
查尔斯·弗朗西斯·菲尼是爱尔兰裔美国慈善家,免税品店集团共同创始人。他创立的大西洋慈善基金是世界上最大的私人慈善基金会之一。
这位90岁的美国实业家决意捐出自己全部的数十亿美元财富。这一誓愿目前已经达成,其捐献遍及全球,计约90亿美元(70亿英镑)。
因为菲尼先生的父母都是爱尔兰裔美国人,40年间,他经由自己的慈善组织——大西洋慈善基金,向北爱尔兰各慈善机构捐赠达5.7亿美元。
苏莱曼·本·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹·拉吉
出生日期:1928年11月30日(现年92岁)
教育背景:阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹国王大学
创设机构:拉吉银行、瓦塔尼亚家禽行、苏莱曼·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹·拉吉基金会
总捐款额:57亿美元
谢赫苏莱曼·本·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹·拉吉是沙特阿拉伯富商。2011年,《福布斯》估算其拥有净资产59亿美元,列于全球富豪榜第169位。他在家乡创办了慈善性的苏莱曼·拉吉大学。
这所大学的主要学科领域是卫生学和伊斯兰银行业务,不过也包括其他院系。他在2011年5月宣布,自己77亿美元财产中的大部分将捐赠给慈善事业。
戈登·摩尔
出生日期:1929年1月3日(现年92岁)
公司:英特尔公司
净资产:116亿美元 (2021)《福布斯》
总捐款额:50亿美元
戈登·厄尔·摩尔是英特尔公司共同创始人和荣誉退休董事长,也是美国商人和工程师。他还创立了摩尔定律。2021年3月,摩尔的净资产经估算为126亿美元。
2000年9月,英特尔公司共同创始人戈登·E.摩尔同夫人贝蒂·I.摩尔成立了戈登和贝蒂·摩尔基金会,以鼓励科学创新、环境保护、病患护理改善和湾区的特色保持善用。
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃卢
出生日期:1940年1月28日(现年81岁)
公司:美洲移动电信公司
净资产:735亿美元(2021)
总捐款额:273亿美元
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃卢是墨西哥商业巨头、慈善家和投资人。在墨西哥,他创立了格莱珉-卡尔索小额信贷项目,为穷人提供小额贷款。
卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃卢建立了三个非营利性基金会:卡洛斯·斯利姆·埃卢基金会、墨西哥国家电话公司基金会和主要关注艺术、教育和卫生系统的墨西哥城历史中心基金会。
埃利·布罗德
出生日期:1933年6月6日
职业:商人和投资人
离世日期:2021年4月30日(享年87岁)
总捐款额:33亿美元
埃利·布罗德是美国商人、投资人、慈善家和作家。2019年6月,《福布斯》杂志估算布罗德净资产为67亿美元,将其排在全球富豪榜第233位和美国富豪榜第78位。
作为企业家和慈善家,埃利·布罗德创建了布罗德基金会,以促进教育、研究和艺术领域的为公益创业精神。布罗德基金会共拥有21亿美元资产,分屬埃利和埃迪丝·布罗德基金会、布罗德艺术基金会。
乔治·凯泽
出生日期:1942年7月29日(现年79岁)
公司:俄克拉何马银行金融公司
净资产:57亿美元 (2021)
总捐款额:33亿美元
乔治·布鲁斯·凯泽是一位有亿万身家的美国富商。他是俄克拉何马州塔尔萨市俄克拉何马银行金融公司的董事会主席。2012年,他跻身世界富豪榜前100名,并获评美国50大慈善家之一。
他创立了乔治·凯泽家庭基金会,资助对象为教育、卫生、社会和社区发展组织,诸如塔尔萨社区学院基金会、俄克拉荷马市托育园、国家能源政策研究所、塔尔萨社区基金会和塔尔萨大学等。2010年,凯泽签署“捐赠誓约”,承诺将他一半的财产捐献给慈善事业。 □
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