#1 Jamsetji Tata | $102.4 billion | Tata Sons | Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata topped the philanthropist charts of the century by donating $102 billion, as per a list of Top 50 givers prepared by Hurun Report and EdelGive Foundation. “Setting aside two-thirds of ownership to welfare trusts engaged in doing good has helped Tatas achieve the top spot in giving,” said Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher at Hurun. “Jamsetji Tata's giving started in 1892 itself.”