ACHIEVEMENTS

Global Association of Billionaires and Millionaires (GABM) is the philanthropic division of the G500 Private Investment Group.

GABM is an exclusive international corporate society with more than 300 000 affluent and influential corporate decision makers associated to it. Our associate members are also widely respected for their uncompromising commitment to philanthropy, and specifically for their significant corporate resources, time and expertise contributions towards GABM’s quest to improve the global physical and socio-economic environment, as responsible corporate citizens.

GABM and its associate members have already made a significant difference towards the eradication of global poverty through its philanthropic and various other development programs, which are clearly reflected in the statistics below:

Tertiary Education Sponsorships

GABM associate members have to date provided tertiary education sponsorships to more than 12 000 deserving underprivileged individuals at approved international universities.

Entrepreneurial Development Financing

GABM associate members have established and funded the $125-million US Dollar ‘African Entrepreneurial Development Fund’, which has the specific purpose of providing small unsecured business loans of between $1000 - $10 000 to the African poor on the emulated micro financing concept that had been developed and popularized by Professor Muhammad Yunus.

To date GABM has provided approximately $90-million US Dollar in funding to more than 100 000 entrepreneurs in 38 African countries.

Corporate Investments and Partnerships

GABM’s unique and sustainable business model allows the organization to seldom request capital grants from its associate members in order to fund its philanthropic corporate activities. Its business model entails that GABM establish capital funds on regular intervals in which its associate members can invest capital.

At present GABM have ten $1-billion US Dollar capital funds from which 50 percent of all profits derived from these capital funds are directed to the funding of business development projects from all over the world. This program is designed to significantly enhance business development, and develop entrepreneurship, and the alleviation of poverty.

To date more than $8-billion US Dollar has been invested in thousands of large business development projects. More than 150 000 permanent and temporarily job opportunities have been created in the process.

Equity Grants

To date GABM has made equity grants to the following deserving natural and humanitarian disasters:

• GABM's $10-million US Dollar donation to the Asian Tsunami Disaster Fund.

• GABM's $10-million US Dollar donation towards the Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts. 

• GABM's $20-million US Dollar donation towards the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. 

• GABM's $15-million US Dollar donation towards the Japan Earthquake Relief Efforts. 

• GABM's $20-million US Dollar donation towards the Japan Earthquake Relief Efforts. 

• GABM's $2-million US Dollar donation towards the Somalian Famine Crisis.

• GABM's $10-million US Dollar donation towards the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis. 

• GABM’S $10-million US Dollar donation towards Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts. 

• GABM’s $15-million US Dollar donation towards Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts. 

• GABM’S $120-million US Dollar donation towards the GABM SA Drought Relief Project. 

Corporate Conferences

GABM hosts 12 corporate conferences each calendar year for international business leaders to promote entrepreneurial development globally as well as to encourage corporations to comply with the highest international standards of corporate practices and governance.