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india inc: who is making the most

money and who is donating the most?

Mukesh Ambani leads the rich list but Azim Premji is the biggest philanthropist

Our Bureau jaj Family, Anil Agarwal and the
Burman family. Nine women
Mumbai/New Delhi find their place in the list led by
eliance Industries chair- a Rs 69 crore donation by Rohi-
man Mukesh Ambani ni Nilekani of Rohini Nilekani
Rhas retained the top spot Philanthropies and, followed by
in the Forbes list of richest In- Leena Gandhi Tewari of USV
dians in 2021, by adding $4 bil- who donated Rs 24 crore, and
lion to his net worth amounting Anu Aga of Thermax donated
to $92.7 billion this year. With Rs 20 crore.
this, the 64-year-old industrialist Based on the place of resi-
has been named the wealthiest dence, Mumbai led with 31 per
in the country for 14th year in a cent of the list and was followed
row since 2008. The “close sec- by New Delhi 17 per cent and
ond” in the list was 59-year-old Bengaluru 10 per cent. The phar-
Gautam Adani of Adani Ports ma industry has the largest num-
& SEZ, whose wealth increased ber of philanthropists followed
from $25.2 billion in 2020 to by automobile and auto compo-
$74.8 billion this year, making nents and software and services.
him “only $17.9 billion shy of
Ambani”, according to the list of Azim Premji, the Chairman of Wipro Limited, speaking at the 66th convo- the tOP 10
100 richest Indians published re- cation of Gujarat Vidhyapith in Ahmedabad in 2019 (ANI)
cently by Forbes magazine. riChest
Adding $11 billion to his for- causes. Mukesh Ambani of Re- der-40, and many of them being Here are the top 10 richest
tune in a year, 76-year-old Shiv liance Industries, India’s richest self-made ones also presents a Indians to feature in the
Nadar of HCL Technologies man by a distance, came third on hopeful picture. There are a few Forbes list this year.
was named the third richest with the list with a Rs 577 crore con- new entrants into the list, in-
wealth amounting to $31 billion. tribution and was succeeded by cluding the largest stocks inves-
According to Forbes India Rich Kumar Mangalam Birla with Rs tor Rakesh Jhunjunwala, who
List 2021, India’s 100 richest, 377 crore. donated a fourth of his overall
who are now worth $775 bil- The second richest Indian earnings or Rs 50 crore in 2021
lion, increased their cumulative Gautam Adani is eighth on the with efforts on education. Jhun-
wealth by 50 per cent in the sec- givers’ list with a donation of Rs junwala, who recently had a pri-
ond year of pandemic. 130 crore towards disaster re- vate meet with Prime Minister
But another list has just lief. Infosys co-founder Nandan Narendra Modi, is among the
come out, ahead of Diwali. It Nilekani’s ranking improved to backers of Ashoka University, as
shows which billionaire is giving fifth with a Rs 183 crore donation per a statement.
how much money to social cause with “societal thinking” being Brothers Nithin and Nikhil
in India. According to the list, identified as the primary cause. Kamath committed $100 mil-
software exporter Wipro’s Azim “At present, most of the money lion (Rs 750 crore) over the next
Premji donated Rs 9,713 crore is going to fundamental aspects few years to support individuals, 1. Mukesh Ambani ($92.7 billion)
or Rs 27 crore a day to retain his like education and healthcare organizations and companies 2. Gautam Adani ($74.8 billion)
top rank among Indian philan- because of the requirements on working on solutions for climate 3. Shiv Nadar ($31 billion)
thropists in 2021. the ground. Nilekani has indeed change and are 35th on the list.
Premji, the founder chair- made interesting contributions, Former chairman of engineer- 4. R.Damani ($29.4 billion)
man of the company, increased and in 10 years, we will have ing major Larsen & Toubro, A 5. Cyrus Poonawalla ($19 billion)
his donation by nearly a fourth broader civil society issues fea- M Naik, is 11th on the list with a 6. Lakshmi Mittal ($18.8 billion)
during the pandemic year, as ture as primary causes,” Hurun donation of Rs 112 crore, it said, 7. Savitri Jindal ($18 billion)
per the Edelgive Hurun India India’s managing director and adding that he has pledged to
Philanthropy List 2021, which chief researcher Anas Rahman give away 75 per cent of his in- 8. Uday Kotak ($16.5 billion)
had HCL’s Shiv Nadar at second Junaid said. come for charitable purposes. 9. Pallonji Mistry ($ 16.4 billion)
place with contributions of Rs He said as the age profile Others in the top ten givers 10. Kumar Birla ($ 15.8 billion)
1,263 crore towards upliftment of the givers shifts to that un- include the Hinduja Family, Ba-

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