Forbes India – August 4, 2017

Cross Border

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Charles Chen 45

CO-FOUNDER, TENCENT

Three decades ago, Charles Chen’s

illiterate grandmother encouraged him

to take the national college entrance

exam. “University education was

the key to opening a door that would

alter one’s destiny,” says the former

Tencent executive. Indeed, it was

in college that he met the other four

core founders of the internet-services

giant and also his future wife.

Last year, he committed $320 million

to improving education. The money will

fund the Yidan Prize (Yidan is his Chinese

given name), which will be awarded each

year to support the most transformational

ideas in education. The first two winners

preparing for the fourth industrial revolution

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