American nonprofit businessperson
Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American nonprofit businessperson. Formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal , she co-founded and works for the organizations Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures .
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 serves as the president 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
^ 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 }}
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^ "Cari Tuna" . InfluenceWatch . Retrieved 17 September 2024 .
^ Douglass, Kenny (2014-12-30). "Billionaire from Evansville to spread the wealth" . 14 News . Retrieved 2021-11-29 .
^ a b c d e 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 .
^ a b 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 .
^ "Cari Tuna" . Open Philanthropy . Retrieved 2021-10-25 .
^ 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 .
^ "The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" . Time . Retrieved 2024-09-16 .
^ Louis, Serah. "Meet the Wives and Girlfriends of Billionaires" . MoneyWise . Retrieved 2022-02-06 .
^ 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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