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Detailed explanation-1: -Jamsetji Tata is the world’s biggest philanthropist of the last century with donations worth $102.4 billion, much ahead of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lifetime donations: $6.3 billion Charles Francis Feeney is an Irish-American philanthropist and co-founder of the Duty-Free Shoppers Group. He founded The Atlantic Philanthropies, which is one of the world’s largest private philanthropic foundations. He is the most charitable person in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shiv Nadar is India’s most generous man with a donation of Rs 1161 Crore in 2022; Mukesh Ambani donated Rs 411 crore. Check out the other top philanthropists in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Topping the list is Bill Gates, who gave $5 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with that infusion, he deposited $15 billion into the coffers of the foundation in 2022 – a sum announced by Bill and Melinda French Gates in 2021, putting their commitment on the top of the Chronicle’s rankings that year.