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Cari Tuna

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Cari Tuna
Tuna in 2016
Born (1985-10-04) October 4, 1985 (age 40)
Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (Political science, B.A.)
OccupationsPhilanthropist, former journalist
Known forCo-founding Coefficient Giving and Good Ventures
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​

Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American philanthropist. Formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, she is the co-founder and Chair of the philanthropic organizations Good Ventures and Coefficient Giving. She is married to Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Tuna and Moskovitz were included in Time's 2025 "Time 100 Philanthropy" list for their "data-focused approach to direct funds to causes where they can do the most good."[1] Forbes has described her as "one of the most generous philanthropists in the world."[2]

Early life

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Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota,[3] on October 4, 1985.[4] The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School.[5] There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian.[6]

Tuna studied political science at Yale University, where she wrote for the student paper, the Yale Daily News.[7][8] 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.[6] Tuna graduated with a B.A.[9]

Career

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After graduation, Tuna became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered topics including enterprise technology, the California economy, and corporate management.[10]

In 2011, Tuna quit her job at The Wall Street Journal to focus on philanthropy full-time.[6] Tuna is currently the chair of Good Ventures, a foundation she co-founded with her husband, and is the chair of Coefficient Giving, which began as a partnership between Good Ventures and GiveWell, and is now a philanthropic advisor and funder focused on helping philanthropists give more effectively.[6][7] Tuna also serves on the board of GiveWell.[11]

Tuna has stated that she chooses philanthropic cause areas to support based on their "neglectedness, importance, and tractability (how hard it might be to solve)."[12] Since its founding, Coefficient Giving has directed more than $4 billion in grants across a variety of focus areas, including global health, scientific research, pandemic preparedness, potential risks from advanced AI, and farm animal welfare.[13][14]

Tuna was included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role at Coefficient Giving.[15] She was also recognized by Melinda French Gates as one of six women "making philanthropic strides", saying that Tuna's "experience as a journalist has informed her approach", adding that she is "rigorous about looking at the data and figuring out how to be as effective as possible."[16]

Personal life

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Tuna met internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they got married in 2013.[6][17] In 2010, she and her husband became the youngest couple ever to sign Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge.[6] Tuna is the youngest individual signer of the Giving Pledge.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "How We Chose Time100 Philanthropy 2025". Time. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  2. ^ Liu, Phoebe (2025-11-07). "Inside A Billionaire Couple's Plan To Give Away A $20 Billion Facebook Fortune". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Cari Tuna". InfluenceWatch. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  5. ^ Douglass, Kenny (2014-12-30). "Billionaire from Evansville to spread the wealth". 14 News. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  6. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  7. ^ a b Hicks, William (2025-10-24). "Good Ventures' Cari Tuna has philanthropy down to a science". San Francisco Business Times. Archived from the original on 2025-10-24. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  8. ^ "Denzel charms Silliman students with 'sexy smile'". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  9. ^ "Cari Tuna". Coefficient Giving. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  10. ^ "Cari Tuna". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  11. ^ "People". GiveWell. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  12. ^ "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz". Time. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  13. ^ "Who We Are". Coefficient Giving. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  14. ^ "Funds". Coefficient Giving. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  15. ^ "The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024". Time. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  16. ^ "Melinda French Gates on Karlie Kloss and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Philanthropy". Vanity Fair. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  17. ^ Louis, Serah. "Meet the Wives and Girlfriends of Billionaires". MoneyWise. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  18. ^ Coacci, Jessica. "Meet the millennial Meta cofounder and ex-journalist wife giving away their $20 billion fortune". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-11-20.

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