A multimillionaire French man who won 220 million euros in December 2020, is donating it to a foundation for environmental preservation.
The very new French multimillionaire, who has remained anonymous but goes by the nickname ‘Guy’, will donate most of the millions to establish a foundation. His winnings are approximately equivalent to $320 million AUD.
His foundation is dedicated to The protection and revitalisation of forests, preservation and regeneration biodiversity, and support for family caregiversAccording to the website,
Guy spoke out about how he had been planning for the foundation over the past two years, and that he would donate millions of his wealth, especially to hospitals.
Now, after recently acquiring many millions, he’s able to do so much more. According to correspondence with The Parisian, Guy has already handed over most of his winnings to the fund and that he’ll eventually donate most of it over time.
Guy wrote in an open letter: In Cte.dIvoire, I have seen trucks loaded with trees from Burkina Faso’s forests incessantly pass my house. I was very indignant about this ballet of trucks.
He explained that he wanted to continue living a peaceful and discrete lifestyle. Thus, the anonymity. That’s understandable after winning so much!
Guy won his millions in Euromillions. This transnational lottery requires seven correct numbers to win a jackpot. The lottery is currently available in the United Kingdom and France, Spain, Austria. Belgium, Ireland. Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland.
The Franaise des Jeux, France’s operator of all national lottery games, This is what was said about the matter: While it is not unusual for winners to be generous with their prize money, what is first is the percentage of the prize that is donated to philanthropic causes and that this is a “big first” when it comes to donations of the multimillion size.
