AUGUST 2017 FORBES INDONESIA | 67world-renowned pianists, film-makers,
designers and artists for charity perfor-
mances, followed by classes that they
hold for local students. Her mission is
to put Hong Kong on the world stage
in creative arts. “There is nothing elit-
ist about music or the arts; they bring
beauty to everyone’s life,” she says.
“Hong Kong people are focused on
business, but we shouldn’t ever forget
our creative side.”
Neil Shen 49
FOUNDING PARTNER, SEQUOIA CHINA
In April, he donated nearly $3 mil-
lion to launch the Yale China Fund for
Emotional Intelligence. The fund will
operate under the Yale Centre Beijing
to help train children ages 3 to 6 years
in emotional intelligence. Last year, he
donated $7.3 million to Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, where he had earned
his undergraduate degree before head-
ing to Yale for a master’s, to set up a
medical-research fund. “I was greatly
helped” by those institutions, he says.
INDIA
Sanjeev Bikhchandani 53
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR-
MAN, INFO EDGE (INDIA)
Internet pioneer who launched job
portal naukri.com among other things
started donating in a significant way
a decade ago after taking his compa-
ny public. Recipients include his high
school, college and business school, all
in India. “One must give back to institu-
tions that have molded you,” he says.
He’s best known for cofounding and be-
ing an early donor to Ashoka University,
a private liberal arts institution named
after an ancient Indian emperor. He also
backs several nonprofits that “are doing
good work,” such as a charity that focus-
es on services for disabled people and
another that helps children with cancer.
He has donated $15 million so far.Subhash Chandra 66
CHAIRMAN, ESSEL GROUP
Media mogul and his three brothers
marked Essel’s 90th anniversary bypledging $777 million in May to their
DSC Foundation. Its activities include
funding social entrepreneurs. Simul-
taneously he set up Sarthi, a nonprofit
that connects citizens with govern-
ment. In addition, the tycoon has given
away millions through Ekal Global, his
28-year-old charity that has provided
free education to 1.4 million tribal chil-
dren in 55,000 villages. He says he has
long observed the traditional practice
of the Agarwal community, from which
he hails, of donating 10% of his personal
net earnings annually to charity.Sanjay Lalbhai 62
CHAIRMAN & MANAGING
DIRECTOR, ARVIND
Textile magnate and his wife, Jayshree,
converted their more-than-a-century-
old ancestral mansion in Ahmedabad
city into an art museum that is free to
the public. It houses the family’s col-
lection of 130 pieces of classical Indian
art and antiquities that was acquired by
Sanjay’s grandfather Kasturbhai Lalb-AUGUST 2017 FORBES INDONESIA | 67world-renowned pianists, film-makers,
designers and artists for charity perfor-
mances, followed by classes that they
hold for local students. Her mission is
to put Hong Kong on the world stage
in creative arts. “There is nothing elit-
ist about music or the arts; they bring
beauty to everyone’s life,” she says.
“Hong Kong people are focused on
business, but we shouldn’t ever forget
our creative side.”
Neil Shen 49
FOUNDING PARTNER, SEQUOIA CHINA
In April, he donated nearly $3 mil-
lion to launch the Yale China Fund for
Emotional Intelligence. The fund will
operate under the Yale Centre Beijing
to help train children ages 3 to 6 years
in emotional intelligence. Last year, he
donated $7.3 million to Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, where he had earned
his undergraduate degree before head-
ing to Yale for a master’s, to set up a
medical-research fund. “I was greatly
helped” by those institutions, he says.
INDIA
Sanjeev Bikhchandani 53
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR-
MAN, INFO EDGE (INDIA)
Internet pioneer who launched job
portal naukri.com among other things
started donating in a significant way
a decade ago after taking his compa-
ny public. Recipients include his high
school, college and business school, all
in India. “One must give back to institu-
tions that have molded you,” he says.
He’s best known for cofounding and be-
ing an early donor to Ashoka University,
a private liberal arts institution named
after an ancient Indian emperor. He also
backs several nonprofits that “are doing
good work,” such as a charity that focus-
es on services for disabled people and
another that helps children with cancer.
He has donated $15 million so far.Subhash Chandra 66
CHAIRMAN, ESSEL GROUP
Media mogul and his three brothers
marked Essel’s 90th anniversary bypledging $777 million in May to their
DSC Foundation. Its activities include
funding social entrepreneurs. Simul-
taneously he set up Sarthi, a nonprofit
that connects citizens with govern-
ment. In addition, the tycoon has given
away millions through Ekal Global, his
28-year-old charity that has provided
free education to 1.4 million tribal chil-
dren in 55,000 villages. He says he has
long observed the traditional practice
of the Agarwal community, from which
he hails, of donating 10% of his personal
net earnings annually to charity.Sanjay Lalbhai 62
CHAIRMAN & MANAGING
DIRECTOR, ARVIND
Textile magnate and his wife, Jayshree,
converted their more-than-a-century-
old ancestral mansion in Ahmedabad
city into an art museum that is free to
the public. It houses the family’s col-
lection of 130 pieces of classical Indian
art and antiquities that was acquired by
Sanjay’s grandfather Kasturbhai Lalb-