Jeff Bezos hires WRI's Andrew Steer as first Earth Fund CEO

Cecilia Keating
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CEO and president of World Resources Institute to take the helm of billionaire Amazon founder's climate philanthropy over coming weeks

World Resources Institute (WRI) CEO Andrew Steer is to become the first president and CEO of the Earth Fund, the $10bn fund set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to tackle the climate crisis, it was announced...

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