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Detailed explanation-1: -According to an annual list of top charity donations in 2020, Amazon founder and world’s richest man Jeff Bezos made the highest philanthropic donation. Read the full article to explore the top 10 most charitable person in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Highlights. India added 40 billionaires in 2020 and now India is home to the third-largest number of billionaires in the world Azim Premji has retained the top spot among philanthropist billionaires of India and earning him the title of “India’s most generous” for the second year in a row.

Detailed explanation-3: -Topping the list is Gates, who gave $5 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to back the grant maker’s work in global health, development, policy and advocacy and U.S. education.

Detailed explanation-4: -With total donations estimated at $102.4 billion, Jamsetji Tata (1839-1904), was the world’s biggest philanthropist of the last century in the 2021 EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century, a ranking of the world’s most generous individuals from the past century. Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories!

Detailed explanation-5: -Billionaire industrialist and philanthropist Shiv Nadar, who is the founder and chairman emeritus of HCL Technologies Limited and the Shiv Nadar Foundation, is India’s most generous philanthropist with a per-day donation of Rs 3 crore in 2022.