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Wipro Chairman, Azim Premji emerges as the ‘Most Generous Indian’, Donated Rs.22 Crore a Day

by TLN Team November 12, 2020
written by TLN Team November 12, 2020
Wipro Chairman, Azim Premji emerges as the ‘Most Generous Indian’, Donated Rs.22 Crore a Day

Azim Premji, the founder-chairman of Wipro, topped the list of philanthropists in India for 2020 with ₹ 7,904 in donations. He donated ₹ 22 crore per day, according to EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020. Azim Premji, 75, transformed Wipro from a company making vegetable oil to a diversified conglomerate.

Azim Premji Endowment Fund owns 13.6 per cent of the promoter’s shareholding in Wipro and has the right to receive all money earned from promoter shares. On 1 April 2020, Azim Premji Foundation (Rs 1,000 crore), Wipro (Rs 100 crore), and Wipro Enterprises (INR 25 crore) have committed INR 1,125 crore towards tackling the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. These are in addition to the annual CSR activities of Wipro, and the usual philanthropic spending of the Azim Premji FoundationOne of the richest men in India, he has donated a large part of his wealth to philanthropic causes.After his father emerged as the most generous Indian for the year 2020, Rishad Premji took to Twitter to share something about his father’s philosophy on wealth.”My father has always believed that he was a trustee of his wealth and never its owner,” wrote Rishad Premji. “Being part of the communities in which we live and work is also a core part of Wipro.””It was Mahatma Gandhi who, after my mother, most strongly influenced my thinking and actions on what I should do with the privilege of my wealth, “he said.

 

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