Primary cause: Education
Company: Wipro
Azim Premji — the founder chairman of Wipro — has been dubbed ‘India’s most generous’ by the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. With a donation of ₹7,904 crore, Premji and his family topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. He has donated 10 times more than the second person on the list, Shiv Nadar and family.
The Azim Premji Endowment Fund owns 13.6% of the IT Czar’s shareholding in Wipro and has the right to receive all money earned from promoter shares.
On 1 April 2020, Azim Premji Foundation committed ₹1,000 crore for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak along with ₹100 crore from Wipro and ₹25 crore from Wipro Enterprises — a sum total of ₹1,125 crore.
These donations are in addition to the annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of Wipro, and the routine philanthropic efforts of the Azim Premji Foundation.
“Azim Premji is a role model for Indian philanthropy and is continuing to inspire other entrepreneurs into giving,” said Rahman.