Azim Premji: The monk who gave away his Ferrari

Wipro's Azim Premji has given away an astounding ₹85,000 crore or $12 billion of his wealth to charity through his #philanthropic trust, the Azim Premji Foundation While he may be the largest, many Indian families and first-generation entrepreneurs give back selflessly. See this video and be proud of your fellow Indians; make sure to stay for the end limerick.
#azimpremji #wipro #azimpremjifoundation

Sources:

Times of India:
Premji commits Rs53K cr to more philanthropy; Shilpa Phadnis & Surjit Jain; Mar 14, 2019
Giving while living: India’s new rich lose their stingy tag; Gurcharan Das; Dec 17, 2017
Why millionaires are giving away their wealth; Shalini Umachandran; Nov 17, 2017

Mumbai Mirror:
Man of contrasts; Pankaj Mishra; Mar 17, 2019

Mint:
India’s billionaires should emulate Bloomberg; Sudeep Khanna; Apr 21, 2019
Premji’s trusts get a share of his wealth, but not voting rights; Varun Sood; Mar 19, 2019
Azim Premji’s charitable trusts grow richer on dividends, share sales; Varun Sood; Mar 18, 2019
HNIs cautious in setting goals on giving; Seema Chowdhry; Feb 2, 2019
Premji quietly gives away more to charity; Factor Daily; Mar 7, 2019
India’s super-rich appear to be giving up on giving back, Shalini Umachandran; Mar 3, 2019

Economic Times:
Making Science of it all; Hari Pulakkat; Apr 19, 2019
Taking the Premji Pledge; Shelly Singh, Lijee Philip & Hari Pulakkat; Mar 26, 2019
With $21bn, Premji “Azim” among world’s top philanthropists; Mar 14, 2019
Family Business’ Art of Giving; Sonu Bhasin; Feb 2, 2019
Philanthropy is risk capital that can go where govt can’t; Anand Mahadevan & Dibeyendu Ganguly; Feb 15, 2018
Sunil Mittal & Bros pledge 7,000 cr tro charity; Nov 24, 2017

Reuters:
MacKenzie Bezos pledges half her fortune to charity; May 28, 2019

Guardian:
Charity only makes billionaires more powerful; May 27, 2018

Websites:
https://factordaily.com/premji-50-years-wipro-video/
www.undispatch.com/20-years-ago-today-ted-turner-announced-1-billion-gift-united-nations/

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