Cari Tuna

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Cari Tuna
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Tuna in 2016
Born (1985-10-04) October 4, 1985 (age 39)
Minnesota, U.S.
Education Yale University (Political science, B.A.)
Occupation(s)philanthropist, former journalist
Known forCo-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American nonprofit executive. Formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal , she co-founded and works for the organizations Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures. She is married to Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.

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Early life

Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota, [1] on October 4, 1985. [2] The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School. [3] There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian. [4]

Tuna studied political science at Yale University, where she wrote for the student paper, the Yale Daily News . [5] While studying, she contributed articles to her hometown newspaper, the Evansville Courier & Press , and completed an internship at the Minneapolis Star Tribune . With a basic knowledge of Arabic and Turkish, she considered a career as a foreign correspondent. [4] Tuna graduated with a B.A. [6]

Career

After graduation, Tuna became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal , where she reported on Silicon Valley and the tech industry for almost three years. [5]

Tuna currently works full-time at Good Ventures, the private foundation she co-founded with her husband, and is the chair of Open Philanthropy, a spinoff resulting from a collaboration between Good Ventures and GiveWell, that she co-founded with her husband and Holden Karnofsky. [4] [7] Tuna was included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role as the president of Open Philanthropy. [8]

Personal life

Tuna met internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they got married in 2013. [4] [9] She and her husband are signers of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge. [10]

Tuna is a prominent member of the effective altruism community. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Callahan, David (2017). The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age (First ed.). New York. p. 120. ISBN   978-1-101-94705-0 . Retrieved 21 September 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ "Cari Tuna". InfluenceWatch . Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Douglass, Kenny (2014-12-30). "Billionaire from Evansville to spread the wealth". 14 News. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Cha, Ariana Eunjung (2014-12-26). "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  5. 1 2 Callahan, David (2013-09-12). "Meet Cari Tuna, the Woman Giving Away Dustin Moskovitz's Facebook Fortune". Inside Philanthropy. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  6. ↑ "Cari Tuna". Open Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  7. ↑ Lee, Vincent (September 12, 2013). "Meet Cari Tuna, the Woman Giving Away Dustin Moskovitz's Facebook Fortune". Inside Philanthropy . Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024". Time. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  9. ↑ Louis, Serah. "Meet the Wives and Girlfriends of Billionaires". MoneyWise. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  10. ↑ Gallagher, Leigh (2016-06-01). "Airbnb Cofounders Join Buffett and Gates' 'Giving Pledge'". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

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