altruist

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Testimony at his trial suggested that his image as an altruist was at least partially a sham.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

He brought on Gary Wang, an old friend from math camp, and later Caroline Ellison, a fellow effective altruist from Jane Street.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

He has remade himself as an altruist, a philanthropist, and he means for his efforts to have maximum impact.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023

He grew the company into a $32 billion business, cultivating a reputation as a hard-working do-gooder who barely slept and intended to donate his fortune to causes backed by the effective altruist movement.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Does not the successful altruist enjoy more keenly the certainty of having made the world a better place to live in, than he had enjoyed the hope of achieving that desirable end?

From The Joyful Heart by Schauffler, Robert Haven