Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Learning the Art of Giving - TIME Asia Magazine, Sep. 11, 2006

Learning the Art of Giving - TIME Asia Magazine, Sep. 11, 2006: "Learning the Art of Giving
Asia's superrich are grappling with an enviable new challenge: how to give away their billions

By BRYAN WALSH | HONG KONG

Monday, Sep. 04, 2006
For Rohini Nilekani, making the money was the easy part. The Bangalore-based wife of Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, Rohini owns 1.67% of the Indian outsourcing company, and her personal fortune soared to about $300 million along with the meteoric rise of its stock. She calls her windfall 'a quite frightening amount of money.' And as soon as it started rolling in, the social activist and journalist began to look for ways to give enormous sums away."

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