After years of criticism for their outsized power and influence, tech industry executives may now be poised for a moment of redemption.
As the coronavirus pandemic tears through the US, money is already flowing in from Silicon Valley heavyweights. Bill Gates has pledged more than US$100mil (RM433.40mil) from his family foundation to fight the disease. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has put money toward new equipment to try to quadruple Covid-19 testing in the California Bay Area. And Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has teamed up with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and other Silicon Valley notables to donate more than US$5mil (RM21.67mil) to feed impacted families.