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Cari Tuna

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Cari Tuna
Tuna in 2016
Born (1985-10-04) October 4, 1985 (age 38)
Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (Political science, B.A.)
OccupationNonprofit businessperson
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 businessperson. Formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, she co-founded and works for the organizations Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures.

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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  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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  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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