Once a consultant at McKinsey, Giridharadas used his subsequent platform as a journalist and fellow at the Aspen Institute to give a provocative keynote speech in 2015, where he said the elites in the audience had never been called upon to do less harm. A self-described " flamethrower by temperament," he recently made waves when he criticized the work (and inaction) of attendees at the National Association of Corporate Directors' annual summit, leading some to threaten to cancel their memberships and "rage quit" the organization. His " Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World," from 2018, documented what he described as the "charade" of the highest-income people donating to the very inequities they may have helped create, and its themes have resonated stronger and stronger since. It often indicates a user profile.Īnand Giridharadas has years of practice criticizing billionaires and philanthropy. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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