…but also to complete his Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and his bachelor’s degree. Today, Doyle works for aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. IVMF, Doyle says,…
…Update on Ohio Donor Intent Legislation Thank you to Jeff Moritz, son of Michael Moritz, for whom the Ohio State University College of Law is named, for alerting us to…
…annual full-ride law school scholarships. Fifteen years after donating the gift, Michael’s son Jeff discovered the endowment held less than $22 million, with around $3 million spent on OSU development…
…supporters proposed several compromises, the Estates & Trusts section continued its opposition, and legislators consequently pulled all donor intent provisions from the bill. Jeff Moritz and his attorney, David Marburger,…
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and now the second richest man on earth, is just getting started on philanthropy. Most of his giving comes through the foundation run by…
…the Silicon Valley Community Foundation as well, like former eBay head Jeff Skoll, who has given about $500 million. GoPro founder Nick Woodman and his wife, Jill, gave another to…
…eBay co-founder Jeffrey Skoll founded Participant Media, into which he poured “hundreds of millions of dollars…with much more to follow,” understanding that “everything I put into Participant, I don’t expect…
…U.S. plans for spaceflight over the next generation. And many other individuals, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and entrepreneur Richard Branson, are also using personal wealth to subsidize creation of…
…and politics in his home state of Hawaii. His appetite whetted, Omidyar considered buying the Washington Post, before fellow tech-tycoon and donor Jeff Bezos did so for $250 million in…
…William Penn Foundation pledged $15 million to the effort, and a dozen givers offered at least a million dollars, including the Maguire and Walton family foundations and Jeff and Janine…
“We need to look into this,” said GE chairman Jeff Immelt in 2012. He was bothered by the elevated rates of unemployment among young men and women just leaving the…
…Michael and Susan Dell Foundation; $10 million each from Jeff and Wendy Hines, John and Laura Arnold, and the Gates Foundation; $9 million from the Walton Family Foundation; $6 million…