Gates Foundation Expands Board of Trustees, Announces New Members
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Gates Foundation , Expands Board of Trustees, , Announces New Members.
On January 26, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation announced that it will expand
its board of trustees, adding four members. .
On January 26, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation announced that it will expand
its board of trustees, adding four members. .
ABC News reports that the move marks a first for the
Seattle-based foundation, which has been guided
by few people since being founded in 2000. .
ABC News reports that the move marks a first for the
Seattle-based foundation, which has been guided
by few people since being founded in 2000. .
The announcement means that six people
will be in charge of the global charitable group
and its $50 billion endowment in the future. .
The announcement means that six people
will be in charge of the global charitable group
and its $50 billion endowment in the future. .
On January 26, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman announced that he would be joining the board while also revealing the three other new members. .
On January 26, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman announced that he would be joining the board while also revealing the three other new members. .
Zimbabwean telecom billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, Minouche Shafik, director of the London
School of Economics and Political Science.
... and Thomas J. Tierney, co-founder and co-chair of The Bridgespan Group, will also join the board. .
According to ABC News, as co-chairs
of the foundation, Bill and Melinda
will continue to have additional authority. .
The foundation said that the board will meet
three times a year, and board members can
serve up to two consecutive three-year terms. .
The foundation said that the board will meet
three times a year, and board members can
serve up to two consecutive three-year terms. .
Critics, like David Callahan, founder of the website
Insider Philanthropy, argue that the foundation
holds too much global influence and lacks oversight. .
They are such a powerful player
that it’s hard for people to speak truth
to power to them. So many of the
people who may be critics of the
Gates Foundation are funded by
the Gates Foundation, or would like
to be funded by the Gates Foundation, David Callahan, founder of Insider Philanthropy
and author of 'The Givers: Wealth, Power,
and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age,' via ABC News
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