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.
Cari Tuna | |
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 Tuna in 2016 | |
| Born | October 4, 1985 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (Political science, B.A.) |
| Occupation | Nonprofit businessperson |
| Known for | Co-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures |
| Spouse | |
Early life
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
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
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]
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