the moguls
THESE THINKERS PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MORALITY IS. FACEBOOK’S FIRST PRESIDENT DEDICATED $250 MILLION TO CURING CANCER; NOT TO BE OUTDONE, THE WEBSITE’S FOUNDER AND HIS PHYSICIAN SPOUSE STEPPED UP WITH $3 BILLION GEARED TOWARD WIPING OUT DISEASE—ALL OF IT—IN THE NEXT CENTURY. OTHER GENEROUS GLOBAL CITIZENS PUT CAPITAL IN THE HANDS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO ENTREPRENEURS, CONNECTING THEM TO HIGH-GROWTH MARKETS; GAVE ARAB WOMEN A VITAL FORUM IN AN OPRAH-STYLE TALK SHOW; BOOSTED ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS’ VISIBILITY IN TV COMEDIES AND DRAMAS; AND SPREAD EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE TO RURAL VILLAGES IN INDIA.
Melinda Gates, Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit, and Kate Roberts
CO-CHAIR, CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CHAIR, AND CO-FOUNDER, MAVERICK COLLECTIVE
SEATTLE, NORWAY, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
For harnessing girl power.
Less than 2 cents of every development dollar goes to programs for girls. But Melinda Gates, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and
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