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Holden Karnofsky
Holden Karnofsky
Chief Executive Officer
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Holden Karnofsky sets the strategy and oversees the work of Open Philanthropy. Holden co-founded GiveWell in 2007, and began co-developing Open Philanthropy (initially called GiveWell Labs) in 2011. He has a degree in Social Studies from Harvard University.