Coronavirus epidemic hit everyone: and poor, and rich. Last, of course, survive the crisis will be easier. interesting to see, how the richest people in the world show their social responsibility to society in difficult times., that among the "sharks" of domestic business, very few are really ready to do something, limited to promises.
Ex-Prime Minister of Italy, suffering from an epidemic, Silvio Berlusconi transferred to hospital support 10 million euros. Mark Zuckerberg - 10 million dollars to help doctors and 100 million dollars sent to support small businesses. US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg - 40 millions of dollars, Bill Gates - 100 millions to fight the pandemic. Chinese billionaires are also involved: Jack Ma singled out 14 millions of dollars (among other medical care), Lee Kashin - 13 millions. The richest people in South Africa, Nikki Oppenheimer and Johann Rupert are listed to support small businesses 571 million dollars. Amazon creator Jeff Basos created new jobs at the company and singled out 20 millions for the development of diagnostic tools for the disease. The richest European businessman Bernard Arnault launched the production and free distribution of funds for the disinfection of hands to the French and promises to provide 40 million medical masks. Fashion designer Giorgio Armani directed 2,2 million dollars to Italian hospitals and organized the release of disposable medical clothing. Billionaire from India Anil Agarwal singled out 13,1 million dollars to fight the epidemic in his country. Mickey Arison, an American businessman of Israeli origin, has offered the authorities several cruise ships to turn them into floating hospitals. Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will finance the construction of three infectious disease clinics in the Irkutsk region. Roman Abramovich provided his hotel in London for free accommodation for British medical workers (Yes, Help did not concern Russia). Vladimir Potanin promised to transfer 1 billion rubles non-profit organization, which will help unprotected layers of Russian citizens. Mikhail Fridman promises to direct the net profit of his investment company A1 to fight the epidemic (about 1 billion rubles). Billionaire Igor Rybakov at his own expense provides the suffering residents of Moscow for 9 one-stop medical masks. The initiatives of other "captains" of Russian business have not yet been heard. Officially listed businessmen, really helping in the fight against COVID-19, according to Forbes, only the mentioned Rybakov and Abramovich.
Author: Sergey Marzhetsky
