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Dustin Moskovitz

United States

Net Worth

$11B

Source of Wealth

Facebook/Asana

Global Rank

#90 of 100

About Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz is a technology visionary who co-founded Facebook at Harvard University alongside Mark Zuckerberg and went on to build Asana, one of the most successful work management software companies in the world. As Facebook's first Chief Technology Officer and the person responsible for much of the company's early technical architecture and growth strategy, Moskovitz played a critical role in building the platform that connected billions of people worldwide. His technical brilliance and managerial skill during Facebook's formative years were instrumental in the company's rapid rise.

After leaving Facebook in 2008, Moskovitz channeled his passion for productivity and teamwork into founding Asana with Justin Rosenstein. The company was born from their observation at Facebook that employees spent an enormous amount of time coordinating work rather than doing it, and they set out to build software that could dramatically reduce this organizational friction. Under Moskovitz's leadership, Asana grew into a publicly traded company used by hundreds of thousands of organizations worldwide, proving his ability to build transformative technology products beyond his initial Facebook success.

Moskovitz is also one of the youngest signatories of the Giving Pledge and a leading figure in the effective altruism movement, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to causes that can demonstrably improve the most lives. Through his foundation Good Ventures, co-founded with his wife Cari Tuna, he has directed hundreds of millions of dollars toward global health, poverty alleviation, criminal justice reform, and pandemic preparedness. His rigorous, evidence-based approach to philanthropy has made him one of the most thoughtful and impactful givers of his generation.

Key Achievements

Co-Founded Facebook

Served as co-founder and first CTO of Facebook, building the technical foundation for a platform that would connect over 3 billion people worldwide.

Built Asana into a Public Company

Co-founded Asana and grew it into a publicly traded work management platform used by hundreds of thousands of organizations globally.

Giving Pledge Signatory

Became one of the youngest signatories of the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to high-impact charitable causes.

Good Ventures Foundation

Co-founded Good Ventures with Cari Tuna, deploying hundreds of millions toward evidence-based philanthropy in global health, poverty, and criminal justice reform.

Effective Altruism Leadership

Became a leading advocate and funder of the effective altruism movement, promoting rigorous, evidence-based approaches to doing the most good with philanthropic resources.

Notable Quotes

The biggest thing I've learned is that focus on impact is what really matters — both in business and in philanthropy.

Dustin Moskovitz

If you can make the coordination problem better at work, you can unlock an enormous amount of human potential.

Dustin Moskovitz

We want to be strategic about our giving and direct resources to where they can have the greatest measurable impact.

Dustin Moskovitz

Key Decisions

2004

Co-founded Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg's roommate at Harvard, taking on the role of CTO and helping architect the platform's early technical infrastructure.

2008

Left Facebook to co-found Asana with Justin Rosenstein, pursuing a vision to transform how teams coordinate and manage work.

2010

Signed the Giving Pledge alongside Cari Tuna, committing to donate the majority of their wealth to effective charitable causes.

2011

Co-founded Good Ventures with Cari Tuna as their philanthropic vehicle, partnering with GiveWell and Open Philanthropy to maximize charitable impact.

2020

Successfully led Asana to its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, validating the company's vision and creating a lasting public enterprise.

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