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Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Facebook.
History
Career
In March 2009, Hughes was named Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst.1)
In July 2010, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) appointed Hughes to a 17-member “High Level Commission” tasked with spearheading a “social and political action campaign over the coming year aimed at galvanizing support for effective HIV prevention programmes.”2)
In November 2010, Hughes launched a social network called Jumo designed to index charities.3) He attended the 2011 meeting of the Bilderberg Group in St. Moritz, Switzerland.4)
Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project in 2016.5)
1)
Schonfeld, E. (2009, March 17). After Facebook And The Obama Campaign, Chris Hughes Takes a Post At General Catalyst. TechCrunch. https://archive.ph/Q7Kk8
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Top world personalities join UNAIDS’ High Level Commission to bring about a prevention revolution. (2010, July 21). UNAIDS. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203063625/https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2010/july/20100721prpreventioncommission
3)
Ehrlich, B. (2010, November 30). Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social Network for Social Good, Jumo [IMAGE]. Mashable. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322013544/https://mashable.com/archive/facebook-co-founder-launches-social-network-for-social-good-jumo-image
4)
Bilderberg 2011: Full Official Attendee List. (2011, June 10). The Vigilant Citizen. https://archive.ph/6k1mv
5)
Matthews, D. (2020, January 15). Chris Hughes wants another chance. Vox. https://archive.ph/h5bs4