6 Philanthropists and Their Donations

BENAGLURUL: As it is said, the world’s human population is distinguished in two category the rich and the deprived. Relatively, richer population mostly tends to lead the materialistic life and enjoy the worldly pleasures; however there are few exceptions, who have not only acquired enough wealth but also have done whooping donations to the underprivileged class of the society, thus here goes the list such philanthropists, as reported by the ScoopWhoop.

Warren Buffet

Warren Buffet, a business giant, scholar in the respective field, who knows every technicalities of the business. Buffet, who is currently the third wealthiest man in the world, is also listed among 100 most influential people on earth by the Times and as of Octobers 2015, net worth of Buffet’s wealth is $64.6 billion. Conversely, not many are aware of philanthropic face of Buffet, as per the report, buffet has donated around $37 Billion from his personal wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation in 2006.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates, the father of the Microsoft, who ruled the business world for the several years by being the richest person in the world. Gates, who is among the richest in world, is also among the top philanthropists, since he has donated $29 Billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation that was also found by him. Not only donation, Gates is an active humanitarian, helping the African poverty crisis.

Li-ka Shing:

Li-ka Shing is the richest man in Asia as of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.  Shing is based in Hong Kong and chairman of the board of CK Hutchison Holdings which is world’s largest operator of container terminals and the world's largest health and beauty retailer. In 2006, Shing pledged to donate more than 10 billion in the name of charity, throughout the world.

Gordon Moore:

Today, most desktops around the world are run by the Intel processors; but the man behind the company is Gordon Moore, who now possesses 6.1 billion through his business. As a consequence of his huge success, Moore founded the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in 2000, that primarily works conserving the environment and Moore gifted $5 billion to the foundation.

Azim Premji:

Azim Premji is the chairman for the Indian tech big player Wipro. The company’s business rose radically in the 90s and rose to international standards in early 2000s. Today the company’s market capitalization is approximately $ 35 Billion, India's largest publicly traded companies and seventh largest IT Services firm in the World. Hence the net worth of Premji is $17.4 billion in which he has given away $4 billion of his fortune to Azim Premji Trust corpus, a foundation that works for the social cause.

Mark Zuckerberg:

Mark Zuckerberg, a social media gigantic, founder of the Facebook, is also the richest under the age group of 30. Relatively, Zuckerberg was shortlisted in the list billionaires at the age of 23, now by possessing $38.6 billion; he is among the 100 wealthiest people around the world and one among the most influential. On the other hand, Zuckerberg and his wife are one among the most generous in America as a consequence of donating more $500 million for various social goodness.
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