Cari Tuna
Tuna in 2016
Born
Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (B.A.)
OccupationNonprofit businessperson
Known forCo-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Cari Tuna 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.

Education and career

Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota.[1] The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School.[2] There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian.[3] Tuna later attended Yale University where she wrote for the Yale Daily News.[4] After graduating with a B.A. in political science,[5] she became a journalist for The Wall Street Journal.[4] She currently works full time on Good Ventures, her and her husband's private foundation, as well as Open Philanthropy, a spinoff of a collaboration between Good Ventures and GiveWell.[6][7]

Personal life

Tuna met Internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they married in 2013.[3][8] Tuna, along with her husband, is a signer of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge.[9] She is a prominent member of the effective altruism community.[3]

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. ^ Douglass, Kenny (2014-12-30). "Billionaire from Evansville to spread the wealth". 14 News. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Cari Tuna". Open Philanthropy. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  6. ^ Ariana Eunjung Cha (December 26, 2014). "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  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. ^ Louis, Serah. "Meet the Wives and Girlfriends of Billionaires". MoneyWise. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  9. ^ 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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