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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion donation to fight coronavirus
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nme.comThe donation is roughly a quarter of his $3.9bn fortune Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has pledged to donate a $1bn (£800m) to fund coronavirus research in a bid to “disarm this pandemic.” Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter in 2006 and later created payments company Square, confirmed that he was donating $1bn of Square shares to a charitable fundcalled Start Small, in order to “fund global Covid-19 relief.” The 43-year-old tech mogul, who is worth approximately $3.9bn, said the donation was equivalent to about “28% of my wealth.” It marks the biggest single donation to the global fight against coronavirus to date.
He added: “After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI.” I’m moving $1B of my
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