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Dustin Moskovitz co-founded Facebook and later Asana, becoming a billionaire in the process. [1] He and Tuna, his wife, were inspired by Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save, and became the youngest couple to sign Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, promising to give away most of their money.
You don't give away that much money without changing the places and institutions and people you give it to, sometimes for the worse. Zuckerberg should already know this. In 2010, he donated $100 million to the Newark Public Schools on a promise from Cory Booker that he could, according to Dale Russakoff's The Prize , "flip a whole city."
In 2010, Moskovitz signed the Giving Pledge, and he and Tuna began investigating how best to give away the money. [5] Tuna first learned about charity evaluator GiveWell and the movement for effective giving after reading The Life You Can Save, and the couple was introduced to the ideas of effective altruism. Tuna and Moskovitz formed Good ...
For years, Atlantic gave away money in secret, requiring recipients to not reveal the source of their donations. Quoting the president of Atlantic, The New York Times wrote: "Beyond Mr. Feeney's reticence about blowing his own horn, 'it was also a way to leverage more donations—some other individual might contribute to get the naming rights ...
Facebook is sharing its data center secrets again. Where some might question whether the company is giving away its competitive advantage, Fool contributor Tim Beyers sees a smart business strategy.
The most generous among America's richest billionaires give away more than 10% of their fortunes. Some of them are doing their best to give away all of it — or at least as much as they can while...
To claim money under the Facebook settlement, you had to use Facebook between May 24, 2007 and Dec. 22, 2022. The deadline to file is Aug. 25, 2023. Crystal Reynolds is going to apply, just on ...
Larry Ellison – pledged to give more than half the value of his stock in Oracle Corporation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [38] Levi Strauss – gave to many notable foundations of his time; gave to many Jewish synagogues and organizations; Libbie Beach Brown – children's homes and orphanages; Lionel Messi – Professional soccer ...