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Legatum Limited, also known as Legatum, is a private investment firm headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a long-term perspective, Legatum invests proprietary capital in global capital markets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Legatum Institute )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Legatum Institute )〕 == History == Legatum was founded in December 2006 in the United Arab Emirates by Christopher Chandler. Previously, Chandler was the president of Sovereign Global, or Sovereign, which he co-founded with his brother Richard Chandler in 1986. Sovereign invested capital in companies located in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and in industries including telecommunications, electric utilities, steel, oil and gas, banking and oil refining. The Chandler brothers embarked on separate ventures following the de-merger of Sovereign in 2006.〔 Christopher Chandler established Legatum the following December. Legatum's name originates from the Latin noun meaning "legacy" or "gift." In 2007, Legatum established The Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT to promote a movement centered on free markets and entrepreneurship as the catalyst for economic and social change. The Center hosted its first annual conference around issues of development and entrepreneurship, which brought together five Nobel laureates in economics including Lawrence Klein, Robert C. Merton, Eric Maskin, Edmund S. Phelps, and Paul Samuelson. Also in 2007, Legatum established the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship to recognize leaders in Africa's entrepreneurial industry as role models in innovation, business excellence, and profitability. The Legatum Institute Foundation was established in 2007 as an independent non-partisan charitable public policy think-tank that seeks to understand what drives and restrains national success and individual flourishing. 2007 also saw the Institute launch its annual Legatum Prosperity Index, an international report measures national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being. In 2008, Legatum partnered with ''Fortune'' magazine to announce the Legatum Fortune Technology Prize, a $1 million award intended to reward for-profit businesses who provide products and services to the needy through the use of technology.〔 In 2012, the Legatum Foundation launched the END Fund, an investment platform allowing philanthropists and social investors to contribute funds to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In the same year, Legatum purchased a nine-storey, 128,000 square foot building in the Dubai International Financial Centre for its global headquarters. The building was renamed Legatum Plaza, and the company moved its global operations into two floors of the newly renovated building the following year. In 2013, the Legatum Foundation co-founded the Freedom Fund which aims to raise $100 million to help abolish modern-day slavery for 30 million people.〔 Additionally, the Legatum Institute Foundation partnered with serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson to launch the Centre for Entrepreneurs, a non-profit joint venture that promotes the role of entrepreneurs in creating economic growth and social well-being. In partnership with philanthropic adviser Geneva Global, the Legatum Foundation became the anchor donor in the Ebola Crisis Fund during the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. The fund set out to raise a $4 million in an effort to help stop the spread of Ebola. In 2015, Legatum established the Speed School Fund, a private donor philanthropic fund designed to develop and scale initiatives which help out-of-school children get back to school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legatum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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