Mark Suzman
InvestorChief Executive Officer, Gates Foundation at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Greater Seattle Area
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Mark Suzman leads the Gates Foundation and is overseeing a planned 20-year acceleration of its work ahead of a scheduled closure in 2045. He began his career as a journalist at Johannesburg's The Star and the Financial Times, then joined the United Nations in 2000, where he worked on the Millennium Development Goals and held policy roles under Secretary-General Kofi Annan and at the UN Development Programme. He joined the Gates Foundation in 2007 and previously served as president of the Global Policy & Advocacy Division and chief strategy officer; he holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor's degree from Harvard.
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- Who is Mark Suzman?
- Mark Suzman leads the Gates Foundation and is overseeing a planned 20-year acceleration of its work ahead of a scheduled closure in 2045. He began his career as a journalist at Johannesburg's The Star and the Financial Times, then joined the United Nations in 2000, where he worked on the Millennium Development Goals and held policy roles under Secretary-General Kofi Annan and at the UN Development Programme. He joined the Gates Foundation in 2007 and previously served as president of the Global Policy & Advocacy Division and chief strategy officer; he holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor's degree from Harvard.
- Where does Mark Suzman work?
- Mark Suzman is Chief Executive Officer, Gates Foundation at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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