Giving Pledge

Nandan Nilekani, Wife Pledge Half Their Wealth For Philanthropy

India News | Written by Harish Upadhya | Tuesday November 21, 2017

Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani and wife Rohini have joined the 'Giving Pledge' - an elite network of billionaires who have promised half of their wealth to philanthropy.

Dubai-Based Indian Entrepreneur to Donate Half His Wealth to Charity

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 3, 2015

A 58-year-old Dubai-based Indian education entrepreneur has pledged to give away more than half of his wealth for helping teachers around the world by signing a popular philanthropic campaign.

Indian Entrepreneur to Donate Half His Wealth to Charity

Business | Wednesday June 3, 2015

Kerala-born Sunny Varkey joins the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Indian Wipro chairman Azim Premji by signing Bill Gates's "The Giving Pledge" campaign.

The Gates lead Forbes' list of top US philanthropists

Business | Tuesday November 19, 2013

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have topped Forbes' list of America's top 50 philanthropists who have given away the most money in 2012. The billionaire couple donated about $2 billion towards charitable causes last year.

Lord Ashcroft to donate half of his 1.2 billion fortune to charity

Business | Sunday April 21, 2013

Billionaire Tory Peer Lord Ashcroft is to pledge at least half of his 1.2 billion pounds fortune to charity as he joins a philanthropic movement led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, according to a media report today.

Wipro's Premji joins Bill Gates' philanthropic mission

Business | Friday February 22, 2013

India Incs philanthropist extraordinaire, Wipro chairman Azim Premji, has signed up for Giving Pledge, committing a substantial part of his wealth to philanthropy. Giving Pledge, founded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, describes itself as -a commitment by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to...

Buffett and Gates prod India’s wealthy to be more philanthropic

Business | NDTV Correspondent | Saturday October 29, 2011

India is behind only the United States and China in its number of billionaires. But by global standards, its charitable giving is miserly. A few wealthy American philanthropists — Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren E. Buffett — are hoping to change that, one rich Indian at a time. The three Americans met behind closed doors ...

The mystery of Steve Jobs's public giving

World News | Andrew Ross Sorkin, the New York Times | Saturday September 3, 2011

Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world. Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist.