In Pics| Forbes Asia's Heroes Of Philanthropy (2022)

From India's Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar to Malaysian-Indian businessman Brahmal Vasudevan, here we list the influential personalities in the Asia-Pacific region who were inducted into Forbes Asia’s 2022 Heroes of Philanthropy list. This unranked list highlights leading altruists in Asia who according to Forbes demonstrated a strong personal commitment to philanthropic causes. 

India’s richest person Gautam Adani was listed for having pledged Rs 60,000 crores ($7.7 billion) when he turned 60 in June this year. The pledge makes him one of India’s most generous philanthropists, said Forbes press release. Credit: Reuters Photo

Self-made billionaire and philanthropist Shiv Nadar counts among the top donors in India,  he has channelled close to $1 billion of his wealth over a few decades to various social causes through the eponymous Shiv Nadar Foundation. Credit: DH Pool Photo

Tech tycoon Ashok Soota has pledged Rs 600 crore ($75 million) to the medical research trust he founded in April 2021 for the study of ageing and neurological illnesses. Credit: Pushkar V/DH Photo

Malaysian-Indian Brahmal Vasudevan, founder and CEO of Kuala Lumpur-based private equity firm Creador, and his lawyer wife, Shanthi Kandiah were also featured on the list. They pledged to donate 50 million Malaysian Ringgit ($11 million) to help build a teaching hospital at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Kampar campus in Perak state. Credit: Twitter/@imperialcollege

Hong Kong-based private equity billionaire Jean Salata and his wife Melanie made it to the list for gifting $200 million in June 2022 to establish a climate and sustainability institute at Harvard University. Credit: Twitter/@Emol

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has donated over HK$1 billion ($128 million) in 2022 to various initiatives in mainland China, Hong Kong and elsewhere in the world through the eponymous Li Ka Shing Foundation. Credit: Reuters Photo

Korean billionaire and co founder of MBK Partners Michael Kim pledged $10 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in September 2022. Kim has been a board trustee since 2017 and the donation will be used to renovate the Met’s Oscar L and HM Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art. Credit: Forbes Asia

Founder and CEO, Rakuten Group Hiroshi Mikitani made the announcement of a ¥1 billion ($7.2 million) gift to Ukraine to deal with the humanitarian fallout of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Credit: Twitter/@BarcaTimes

Other Asians who were featured on the list are Reiko Fukutake from Japan, John Lim & Any Lim from Singapore, Joon Wanavit from Thailand, Ronnie Chan and Gerald Chan from Hong Kong. Credit: Getty Images