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American nonprofit businessperson
Cari Tuna
Tuna in 2016
Born (1985-10-04) October 4, 1985 (age 39)
Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (Political science, B.A.)
OccupationNonprofit businessperson
Known forCo-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures
Spouse Dustin Moskovitz ​(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

Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota, on October 4, 1985. The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School. There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian.

Tuna studied political science at Yale University, where she wrote for the student paper, the Yale Daily News. 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. Tuna graduated with a B.A.

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.

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. Tuna was included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role as the president of Open Philanthropy.

Personal life

Tuna met internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they got married in 2013. She and her husband are signers of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge.

Tuna is a prominent member of the effective altruism community.

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. "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. ^ 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. ^ 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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