Bang Galore
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If he gave away a couple billion you could call it a stunt, but I don't think giving away almost all your wealth can be labelled a mere stunt!
While I don't question his intention I am not sure it will all be that easy to do that. Premji's wealth is primarily in stock. There is only so much you can give away without the danger of losing control of the company. Unlike Bill Gates, I believe that Premji wants to keep ownership within his family, he can only do that if he holds enough stock.
The only way he could possibly do what he wants would be to structure ownership like that of TATA Sons, the controlling arm of the TATA group. A huge 66% of Tata Sons are held by charities which means that a lot of the profit earned by the TATA group goes to good causes. The voting rights of the charities are vested with the chairman of the TATA group, in this case with Ratan Tata. Something similar might be the way to go.