New Delhi3 minutes ago
- Copy link
Time magazine has released the list of top 100 philanthropists in the world for the first time on Tuesday. It has been included in the list to Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Neeta Ambani.
Mukesh and Neeta Ambani donated Rs 407 crore in 2024 through Reliance Foundation. This foundation works for education, health, rural development and women empowerment.
Apart from this, Wipro founder Azim Premji and Jerodha’s co-founder Nikhil Kamath have been included in the list.
Azim Premji and Nikhil Kamath included
Time has divided those included in this list into 4 different categories. These include Titans, leaders, trailblazers and innovators categories.
Mukesh Ambani and Neeta Ambani have been included in the list under the Titans category. Wipro chairman Azim Premji has also been included in this category. At the same time, Nikhil Kamath has been included in the trailblazers category.
The name of Indian -origin American journalist and writer Anand Giridhardas has been added to the innovators category of this list.
Big businessmen like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates also include
Time has also included big names in this list like veteran investor Warren Buffett, former England football player David Beckham, Microsoft’s former wife Melinda French Gates, co-founder of co-founder Bill Gates.
Ambani Foundation gives scholarship to 10,000 youth
The Ambani family has educated more than 10,000 youth by giving scholarships. At the same time, infrastructure of more than 500 schools improved and 20 hospitals have been constructed.
Taught sustainable farming and ways to save water in rural areas, which benefited more than 10,000 farmers. Apart from this, Neeta Ambani has made more than 1 lakh women self -sufficient by giving skill training.
World’s top-25 rich families Ambani family at number 8
Earlier, Bloomberg released the list of 25 richest family in the world. In this, the Ambani family was placed at number 8 with a net worth of 8.45 lakh crores. India’s Mistry family was at number 23 with a net worth of 3.5 lakh crores.
Consumer retailing Walmart running Walmart was at the top of the family list. List had the second and third number of UAE and Qatar royal families.
Ambani Family Wealth 10% of India’s GDP
In September, the list of Most Valuable Family Business 2024 of Barclay-Hurun India was released. According to this, Ambani family has a valuation of ₹ 25.75 trillion, it is about 10% of India’s GDP.
According to a report by Barclays-Hurun India, the family’s business in the leadership of Reliance Industries performs the operation of Empire Energy, Retail and Telecom sectors. This ranking of Barclays-Hurun India is based on the company’s valuation till 20 March 2024.
Source link
[ad_3]
