Asia's most generous charities
They are people who have actively contributed to charitable activities, contributing to changing the world in a better direction.
They are people who have actively contributed to charitable activities, contributing to changing the world in a better direction. In 2019, they were honored by Forbes as Asia's most generous charities.
- Azim Premji
Azim Premji, born in 1945, is an Indian businessman. He held the position of President of WIPRO Limited. In his life, he contributed to US $ 21 billion for charitable activities. In 2019, he contributed all shares worth $ 7.6 billion in Wipro Limited to his education fund. This fund was established in 2000. Currently, the Fund is collaborating with about 200,000 schools in India to support teacher training and provide better training programs for schools. He was also honored as the most generous charity in Asia in 2019 by Forbes.
2. Jack Ma
Jack Ma, born in 1964, the founder and chairman, General Director of Alibaba Famous Electronic Trading Company. He participated in charity since 2014 with the establishment of Jack Ma Foundation. Since then, the Fund has supported about 300 million US dollars for charitable activities such as supporting floods in Hangzhou (US $ 14 million), along with the Alipay and Joe Tsai funds supporting 143 million US dollars for developing Chinese women's football teams, supporting about US $ 75 million for teachers training and educational management levels to promote educational development in rural and regional areas There are poor Chinese. Jack Ma Foundation also supports other meaningful activities in many Asian countries, Africa and the Middle East. In 2020, when Covid-19 outbreaks in China and spread to many countries around the world, Jack Ma Foundation has supported the mask and medical equipment for WTO and countries around the world. The Fund also supports efforts to develop vaccines and establish an exchange network between international health professionals. The total value supports up to 476 million US dollars.
3. Theodore Rachmat
Theodore Rachmat, 77, is the founder of Triputra Group - Indonesia. In 2018, he supported nearly 5 million US dollars to A & A Rachmat Compassionate Service Foundation, the organization was established in 1999 as a scholarship fund. The Fund is responsible for supporting students in learning through scholarships and organizes annual training programs for elementary teachers. Since 2005, the Fund expands the scope of support to the health sector and the goal of establishing cheap clinics in rural areas. The total amount that Theodore Rachmat has contributed to the Fund that has amounted to US $ 12.5 million.
4. Jeffrey Cheah
Born in 1945, Jeffrey CheahAs president of Sunway Group (Malaysia). From 2018, through the charity fund of the same name, he supported about39 million US dollarsTo support scholarships for students and education-related programs. He also provided financial support for public primary schools, supporting up to US $ 2.5 milliongiveSJKC Chee Wen in Selangor and Sjkc Gunong Hijau in Perak, supports US $ 6 million for schools in Malaysia. He also gradually transferred his own ownership in Sunway Education Group worth about 236 million US dollars to Jeffrey Cheah's charity.
5. Judith Neilson
As the founder and sponsor of JN (Australia) projects, Judith Neilson (73 years) pledged to support 100 million Australian dollars, equivalent to US $ 72 million in 2018 to establish Judith Neilson Academy For newspapers and ideas in Sydney. The Academy plays a role in financial, education and events to encourage independent journalists with development capacity. Judith Neilson is also known as one of Chinese contemporary art collectors and owners of 21% of Platinum Asset Management Global Investment Group.
6. Le Van Tuyen and Tran Cam Nhung
The couple Mr. Le Van Tuyen and Tran Cam Nhung are co-founder and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Long Thanh Golf Investment and Investment Joint Stock Company. From 2018, her couple supported US $ 11 million for many charitable activities in Vietnam and Laos. During the period from the beginning 2018 to April 2019, he supported nearly 5 million US dollars to support veteran families in Vietnam while Ms. Nhung supported about $ 5 million US dollars for Charitative organizations towards supporting children with cardiovascular disease and financial support for students. Besides, since 2009, after the establishment of a scholarship fund, he checked US $ 900,000 for irrigation college students in the form of scholarships. Over the past 10 years, the two grandparents have supported about 20 million US dollars for charitable activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Japan. In 2020, the two grandparents supported about 1 million US dollars (VND 20 billion) for Fatherland Front of Vietnam to prevent Covid-19 epidemic. The two grandparents were honored on Forbes's most generous entrepreneurs in 2019.