
Top 10 Well Known humble and generous men in the World.
10. Mark Zuckerberg –
Mark Zuckerberg is mostly known as the founder and Chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook.He is also one of the rich person in the World. He is using his fame and fortune to donate to put an end to Global Issue Net Worth $80.7 Billion (January 2020) He is the one of self-made billionaire in the World. In 2015 he announced his plan to give away 99% of his Facebook shares over his lifetime,his overall goals are to focus on over the world to generate positive impacts in places of great need. Mark Zuckerberg donated an undisclosed amount to diaspora, an open-source personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service.
9. Salman Khan-
Salman Khan is an Indian Film Actor, Producer, he does his charitable work majorly through his Charitable Organization “Being Human” he uses proceeds of the products of his company for charitable purpose also he donates 90% of his income to charity. Every Friday before Jumma outside of his Residence Galaxy Apartment in Bandra we can see there is a line of needy people who need money for medical emergencies,his father Salim Khan along with a team of doctors examine the reports of those people to identify the genuinely needy patients and offer money based on the requirements. He is one of the rare celebrities who doesn’t publicise or believe in promoting his good deeds and charitable works.
8. Jeff Bezos-
Jeff Bezos is best known as the founder, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Amazon.The first centi-billionaire on the Forbes wealth index,he was named as the “Richest Man in Modern History.” Thanks to Bezos Day one found he gave an estimated $2 billion which supports “existing non-profits that help homeless families.” In January 2018, Bezos made a $33 million donation to TheDream.US, a college scholarship fund for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as minors. In June 2018, Bezos donated to Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a private philanthropic fund founded by Bill Gates aimed at promoting emissions-free energy.In September 2018, Bezos donated $10 million to With Honor, a nonpartisan organization that works to increase the number of veterans in political office.
7. Michael Bloomberg-
Michael Bloomberg is an American politician, businessman and an Author.The founder of Bloomberg media and former Mayor of New York city is well known for his charitable giveaway, he has donated $3 billion to different charities and organisations. Since he signed the giving pledge whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their wealth, he has given more than $3.3 billion to John Hopkins University including his $1.8 billion gift in 2018 for student financial aid which was one of the largest private donation in modern times for higher education, he has given away $8.2 billion away total.
6. Ratan Tata-
Ratan Tata is a Parsi Indian industrialist, investor, philanthropist, and a former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also former chairman of Tata Group and continues to head its charitable trusts.He has received two of the highest civilian awards of India– Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan. He is not in the list of billionaire club because 65% ownership of Tata sons Ltd. which is the key holding company of the other 96 Tata group companies. So this 65% ownership of Tata son Ltd is not reflected on Tata\’s personal financial statement but on the various charitable organizations. In Harvard Business School there is a building named after Ratan Tata. “Tata Hall of Harvard” is named in honour of Ratan Tata. The fund for the building was donated by the philanthropic subsidiaries of Tata Group of companies.
5. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum-
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Dubai. He is the owner of 99.67% of Dubai holding. On May 19,2007 he announced his plans to give $10 billion to set up the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, an educational foundation in the Middle East. This was the one of largest Charitable donations in history. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Initiative (MBRGI) is a charitable foundation which consolidates the works of some 33 charitable foundations, entities and initiatives which together implements more than 1400 development programs contributing to the support of more than 130 million people in 116 countries. He is the Man behind Dubai’s success.
4. Azim Premji-
Azim Premji is known as the czar of the Indian IT Industry and chairman of Wipro Ltd. In 2001 he founded Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organization and in December 2010 he donated $2 billion for improving school education in India. This donation is the one of largest of its kind in India. In March 2019 Premji pledged an additional 34% of Wipro stock to be held by him to the foundation. Ajim Premji once said that “Being Rich did not thrill him.” He became the first Indian to sign-up for a pledge campaign led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to encourage the wealthiest people to make a commitment to give most of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
3. Bill Gates-
Bill Gates is known for Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. He is not only rich but very generous too and has made around $37 billion worth of donations throughout his lifetime, his much of charity work takes place through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. They mainly focused on global health education and poverty. He has pledged about $2 billion to help defeat malaria alone. They are also working to end Ebola and polio. Education is the forefront of the Gates foundation. The Gates millennium scholars. Provide financial support to students of colour pursuing undergraduate degrees.
2. Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi-
Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi is a Saudi Arabian corporate figure and billionaire. He holds the largest individual stake in his families Al Rajhi Bank which has consistently reported the most profitable operations amongst all of Saudi Arabia’s banking group. As of 2011 ,his wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $7.7 billion making him the 120th richest person in the World. He received the King Faisal International prize in 2012 for donating half of his fortune to charity. The Al Rajhi family is considered by most in Saudi Arabia or the Countries wealthiest non-royals and among the World’s leading philanthropists. He established the Sulaiman Al Rajhi University and in his hometown, a non-profit University and its main focus is on health and Islamic Banking but also contains other faculties as well.
1. Warren Buffett-
Warren Buffett is the chairman and Chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the World. In 2009 after donating billions of dollars to charity he was ranked on the 2nd Richest man in the United States with net worth $37 billion, he once commented, “I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything but not so much that they would feel like doing nothing.” He pledged about equivalent of 10 million to Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to the Bill And Melinda Gates foundation approximately $30.7 billion as of June 23,2006 making it the one of largest Charitable donations in the history.


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