Time magazine has released the list of the world’s top 100 philanthropists for the first time today, Tuesday, May 20. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani have been included in this list. Mukesh and Nita Ambani donated ? 407 crores in 2024 through Reliance Foundation. This foundation works for education, health, rural development and women’s empowerment. Apart from this, Wipro founder Azim Premji and Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath have been included in the list. Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani are included in the Titans category. Big businessmen like Warren Buffett and Jack Ma are also included. List created to honor philanthropists TIME100 Philanthropy 2025 list has been created by TIME Magazine to honor the world’s most influential philanthropists, who are making significant contributions in the field of philanthropy. The list includes people from 28 countries. Time reporters, editors and contributors from around the world have assembled this list. The project was led by Ayesha Javed. The process of preparing the list is based on the lines of the TIME100 Most Influential People list, in which influential people are selected from different fields. Ambani Foundation gave scholarships to 10,000 youth Ambani family has educated more than 10,000 youth by giving them scholarships. At the same time, the infrastructure of more than 500 schools has been improved and 20 hospitals have been built. Sustainable farming and water saving methods were taught in rural areas, which benefited more than 10,000 farmers. Apart from this, Nita Ambani has made more than 1 lakh women self-reliant by giving them skill training. Top-25 richest families of the world Ambani family at number 8 Earlier, Bloomberg had released the list of the 25 richest families of the world. In this, the Ambani family was placed at number 8 with a net worth of 8.45 lakh crores. With a net worth of Rs 3.5 lakh crore, India’s Mistry family stood at number 23. The Walton family, which runs consumer retail company Walmart, topped the list. The royal families of UAE and Qatar were at second and third place in the list. Ambani family’s wealth is 10% of India’s GDP In September, Barclays-Hurun India’s Most Valuable Family Business 2024 list was released. According to this, the valuation of the Ambani family is Rs 25.75 trillion, which is about 10% of India’s GDP. According to the Barclays-Hurun India report, the family’s business empire under the leadership of Reliance Industries operates in the energy, retail and telecom sectors. This ranking of Barclays-Hurun India is based on the company’s valuation till March 20, 2024.
