Alisher Usmanov philanthropist of the year

Billionaire founder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov named the most generous philanthropist of 2020 according to The Sunday Times Giving List.

The Sunday Times estimated that in 2020 the billionaire allocated £ 134.2 million ($ 190.6 million) to fight COVID-19 in Russia, Uzbekistan and Italy, the total amount donated to charity was £ 506.8 million ($ 716 million) ...

Also, according to the data, the native of the Namangan region of Uzbekistan spent £ 4.2 billion ($ 5.9 billion) on charity over 20 years, making him the most generous philanthropist during this period.