Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs launch for new Earth Alliance to battle climate change

Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs launch for new Earth Alliance to battle climate change

Hollywood  actor Leonardo DiCaprio along with his environment charity are teaming up with  Laurene Powell Jobs and billionaire investor Brian Sheth to launch a new alliance to tackle climate change.

Leonardo DiCaprio who is also the founding co-chair will convert The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation into Earth Alliance as he combines with Powell and Sheth, who is a co-founder and president of the private equity fund Vista Equity Partners and also board chair of the Global Wildlife Conservation

Sheth also founded the Sheth Sangreal Foundation, which will completely look after the finance of the administrative costs of Earth Alliance.

DiCaprio's environmental charity which was founded in 1998, has handed out around $100 million in grants to tackle climate change around the world.