Meet the multimillionaire Singaporean couple who paid US$2 million for a lavish dinner – while helping Nigeria’s ‘witch children’

Influential people who are wealthy and have a heart are seeing opportunities to mix luxury with altruistic acts to help the underprivileged in society. One such head-turner is Singapore-based Karan Tilani, who is the director of World of Diamonds Group and heads its philanthropic branch.

Being at the helm of such a vast diamond empire allows Tilani, who is passionate about charity work, to make a difference to the lives of people – especially children.

Tilani recently made headlines by curating the “world’s most exclusive dinner” for US$2 million, which was intended for a couple who shared the same concerns while having the means to buy such an expensive dinner.

“This entire thing was aimed at lifting the lid off the weird reality facing children who are superstitiously blamed for the failure of crops, when villagers become ill or when farm animals die in Nigeria just because they’re seen as witches. The second issue we wanted to bring attention to at the same time was child mortality from pneumonia in the country,” he said.

Vincent and Jane Hee, a multimillionaire Singaporean couple living in Malaysia, bought the luxurious package, which included a lavish dinner. Vincent, a former engineer turned educator and director of Charis Montessori Preschool in Singapore, is an angel investor in the F&B, real estate, film and entertainment industries.

The couple began their blissful three-day journey with an exquisite dinner at the new 1-V:U rooftop concept, followed by an amazing night at The Outpost Hotel, where they were welcomed with 10,000 roses on arrival. The next day, the Hees were treated to a daytime cruise at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove in Singapore waters on a Ferretti 780 luxury yacht from Hong Seh Marine.