Cari Tuna
Tuna in 2016
Born
Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (B.A.)
OccupationNonprofit businessperson
Known forCo-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures
Spouse
(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. 1 2 3 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. 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.
  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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