Information for William MacAskill

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80,000 Hours Co-founder and President 2011-09-01 2022-02-22 [1], [2] William MacAskill was originally named William Crouch
80,000 Hours Co-founder and Trustee 2022-06-30 [3], [4] William MacAskill was originally named William Crouch
Centre for Effective Altruism Chief executive officer 2016-10-01 2018-01-01 full-time [5], [6]
Centre for Effective Altruism President 2018-01-01 2018-06-01 full-time [6], [7]
Centre for Effective Altruism Trustee board member [8]
Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research Director 2018-11-25 full-time [9], [10] See https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vxwcxwiDKCnyHJhbz/announcing-the-new-forethought-foundation-for-global for the launch post by MacAskill.
FTX Future Fund Team member 2022-02-01 2022-11-10 [11], [12] Resigned upon FTX bankruptcy
Giving What We Can Co-Founder 2009-11-01 [13], [1]

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