Hurun unveiled the List of Philanthropists of the Century, which is very interesting because it publishes a list of donations from the world's richest people over the past century. Bill Gates of the United States ranked second in history with 480 billion yuan in donations. Of the top 50, 37 were from the United States, compared to just 3 from China.
The first place is not the rich man from the United States, but the rich man Tata from India. The billionaire has donated a total of 670 billion yuan, and his family has run the Tata Group for four generations, one of India's largest conglomerates with a total market capitalization of about 1 trillion yuan.
So who in China has donated the most? The person at the top of the list can be said to be completely unexpected, in the impression of many people, China's first good is Cao Dewang, but in fact, Cao Dewang has donated more than $1 billion, but he has not even ranked in the top 50.
Some people may also think that Li Ka-shing has the most charitable donations, but on the list, Li Ka-shing has donated a total of 28.5 billion yuan, ranking third in China's history. In second place is Jack Ma, the former richest man in China, with donations of up to 33 billion. Ma Yun only began to do large-scale charity after Ali went public in 2014, and after he retired, his current energy is focused on charity.
However, Ma Yun's donation is not as good as his old rival Ma Huateng, Ma Huateng has donated a total of 40 billion yuan, and he donated 100 million Tencent shares as early as 2016 to establish a charity fund, and then added 95 million shares. Through his own charitable funds, Ma Huateng has provided assistance to many charitable funds in China, focusing on projects mainly in the fields of medical care, education, environmental protection and so on.
After Tencent's listing in 2004, Ma Huateng accumulated more than 29 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash, which means that most of the cash that Ma Huateng reduced was actually contributed to charity. At present, Ma Huateng also holds about 8.6% of the shares, with a market value of 480 billion yuan. Ma Huateng is currently one of the 20 richest people in the world.
Ma Huateng's contribution to charity has surpassed that of fellow countryman Li Ka-shing. Of course, if you compare the absolute numbers, it may not be fair to Li Ka-shing, because Li Ka-shing has donated a total of 3 billion yuan in the 80s, and if inflation is included, this 3 billion yuan is at least equal to today's 50 billion yuan. So this contrast is not very significant.
It is as if Zidane's highest net worth was more than 60 million, and now there are hundreds of millions of people in football, but it does not mean that these people are more capable than Zidane.
Of course, Ma Huateng can donate 40 billion yuan, which is also very rare. Ma Huateng's charity is very low-key like his personality, and many people are unaware. Ma Huateng is a fellow li ka-shing and a native of Chaoshan in Guangdong. One of the characteristics of Chaoshan people is low-key.
Ma Huateng's father is actually an excellent entrepreneur, and Ma Huateng's birth is actually very good. Ma Huateng's father was a director of Shenzhen's Yantian Port. Ma Huateng has had good living conditions since he was a child, and he had an astronomical telescope when he was very young.
After growing up, Ma Huateng was admitted to Shenzhen University. Ma Huateng and Li Ka-shing have one ability, that is, the ability to employ people. Ma Huateng seems that his personal ability and charm are not as strong as Ma Yun, but Ma Huateng's achievements are still very high, which is because Ma Huateng knows how to use people very well. There are many talents around Ma Huateng, and Martin Lau, Zhang Xiaolong, these unique people, have all been used by Ma Huateng.
Ma Huateng's use of Zhang Xiaolong is a classic example. Probably in other companies, Zhang Xiaolong has long been expelled, unwilling to go to meetings, work and often sleep, in order to accompany him alone, Ma Huateng deliberately left the entire WeChat team in Guangzhou, instead of moving to Shenzhen headquarters, because Zhang Xiaolong likes life in Guangzhou, and does not like life in Shenzhen.
Ma Huateng gave Zhang Xiaolong enough tolerance, and Zhang Xiaolong also gave Ma Huateng enough results. In fact, tolerance is Ma Huateng's biggest advantage and characteristic. Ma Huateng can tolerate what others cannot tolerate, so he can use other people well.
At that time, Ma Huateng took Zhang Zhidong, Chen Yidan and other people to start a business together, and these people also had their own characteristics, but they were willing to support Ma Huateng's surroundings. Ma Huateng looked the least like the boss at that time, but everyone took him as the core, which was Ma Huateng's ability.
Ma Huateng's low profile and tolerance are his strengths and the key to his success. Some entrepreneurs themselves are very prominent, they do everything by themselves, they do a big package, the enterprise can not leave themselves, and Ma Huateng is different, he is actually the same as Ren Zhengfei, they have established a successful system, this system allows enterprises to leave them, the same can continue to operate successfully.