马化腾捐赠20亿美元股份用于慈善事业
Tencent has announced its founder Pony Ma is going to donate 2 billion US dollars worth of the company's shares to charity.
腾讯创始人马化腾将捐赠价值20亿美元公司股份用于慈善事业。
The money will be given to a new foundation in China which deals with health, education and environmental conservation.
Pony Ma's move will be the largest donation of its kind ever an individual in China.
Rankings suggests Pony Ma is currently the 34th richest man in the world, with a net worth of over 20 billion US dollars.
In 2014, Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, founders of Alibaba, also promised to establish a philanthropic trust funded through Alibaba shares.