Vedanta Resources plc’s a global diversified metals and mining company Chairman Anil Agarwal on the occasion of 10 year anniversary celebration of the company’s listing on the London Stock Exchange has announced that he and his family had agreed to give 75 per cent of their wealth to charity Reuters reported.
In 2013, Azim Premji, chairman of Bangalore-based software exporter Wipro Ltd, became the first Indian to join the Giving Pledge programme, which seeks to encourage the world’s wealthiest people to give away half their wealth to charity.
The programme was founded by Microsoft founder and the world’s richest man Bill Gates, who is worth $76 billion, and Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, the world’s 3rd-richest person with personal wealth of $67.3 billion, according to Forbes. Agarwal said Gates and his wife, Melinda, discussed their philanthropic causes with him in Seattle last summer. “After that, I had a meeting with my family and we decided to donate 75% of our wealth, he said.
The largest munificent
- Bill” Gates 171 100
- Warren Buffett 105 400
- George Soros 51900
- Gordon moore 30500
9. Azim Premji 12800
After this charity Anil Agarwal become 9th in the world and India will become the number one munificent.
Bureau Report
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