Monday, October 26, 2009

2009 Hurun Philanthropy List


The 2009 Hurun Philanthropy list, comprised of the Top 100 philanthropists in China, shows total donations since 2004 of 15.7 billion yuan. China’s most generous philanthropist, 87-year-old Yu Pengnian, has donated 3 billion yuan over a five year period. Huang Rulun of the Jinyuan Group ranks second with an 850 million yuan donation this year and 1.45 billion over a five year period. Zhu Mengyi of Hopson Development ranks third with total donations of 1.15 billion. There are 78 people from the 2008 Hurun Rich List in the 2009 Hurun Philanthropy List of which 7 are featured in the rich list top 10. The top 100 philanthropists donated an average of 160 million yuan which accounted for approximately 4% of the 2008 Hurun Rich List wealth.

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