Tech Billionaires - Reshaping Philanthropy in a Quest for a Better World

List of contents

Foreword, 1. Introduction, 2. Private Foundations in the United States: The Impact of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller Sr., 3. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Big Goals but Following the Traditional Foundation Model, 4. Pierre Omidyar and Omidyar Network: Pioneering Hybrid Philanthropy, 5. Jeffrey Skoll and His Philanthropic Endeavors: Funding Social Entrepreneurs and Motion Pictures, 6. Stephen Case: The Rise and Fall of a Business Empire, Then Entrepreneurship and Innovative Philanthropy, 7. Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Google.org: The Corporation as Philanthropist, 8. Conclusion, Index

About the author

Lewis D. Solomon

Summary

In the first decade of the twenty-first century a new wave of thinking has emerged from tech billionaires that may shape the way private capital gets invested to tackle social problems

Product details

• Authors: Solomon, Lewis Solomon, Lewis D. Solomon, Solomon Lewis, Solomon Lewis D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138515246
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51524-6
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Entrepreneurship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups