Forbes Asia's 2021 heroes of philanthropy
Forbes Asia has unveiled its annual heroes of philanthropy list. The lists includes prominent entrepreneurs and business tycoons with personal commitment to a number of causes. Two Indians - Anil Agarwal and Azim Premji, also made it to the list.
Forbes Asia has unveiled its annual heroes of philanthropy list. The lists includes prominent entrepreneurs and business tycoons with personal commitment to a number of causes.
The list is unranked and focuses on individual philanthropists in the Asia-Pacific region.
It does not consider corporate philanthropy unless companies are privately held by a majority owner.
Two Indians - Anil Agarwal and Azim Premji, also made it to the list.
Here are the top philanthropists of Asia.
Brookes has pledged to donate $357 million by 2030 to nonprofits fighting climate change.
Cho's Heren Charitable Foundation has pledged $1.6 billion to build a science and technology university in Fujian.
Foundation also donated $15.6 m to flood-relief efforts in Henan province.
The husband-and-wife team pledged $220 million in July towards a biology study of peak human performance.
Morningside Foundation donated $175 million to the university of Massachusetts Medical School.
In July, Agarwal announced a five-year plan of $660 million initiative under the Anil Agarwal Foundation to support programs ranging from healthcare to animal welfare.
In 2021, Premji donated about $1.3 billion of his family's wealth to social causes through Azim Premji Foundation.
Keyence gave 3.65 million shares, worth around $2.3 billion to Keyence Foundation in 2020 to fund scholarships for new university students.
Cheah announced in September 2020 to launch endowment fund of $240 million to move Sunway Education Group Schools away from a tuition-dependent model to becoming self-sustaining.
KCFI last March launched the stay at home, learn at home campaign for students during COVID-19 lockdowns.
The foundation has produced 1,500 educational videos.
SM Group has donated $30 million in COVID vaccines, hospital equipment & protective gear.
Also inoculated over 1.2 lakh of its employees and donated 1.5 lakh doses to government and marginalized.
Weiling co-founded extra ordinary people in 2017 & since then has raised $1.2 million from philanthropists and corporate sponsors.
Kim pledged to donate $25.5 million to the government for a new public library.
Jung-Ju has donated $5.3 million to 2 children's hospitals.
The property tycoon gave $100 million in May 2020 to establish Taipei School of Economics and Political Science at national Tsing Hua University.
Since 2020, Vietnam's richest man has given over $320 million to the COVID relief funds.
It helped purchase 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and 33 million test kits.
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First Published: Dec 22, 2021 2:09 PM IST
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