Who is behind the Global Antitrust Institute?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
- Led by Joshua D. Wright (Executive Director) 2015 –
- Money in Google 2017–2018
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Led by
- Joshua D. Wright head of 2015 – Executive Director Primary record 12
Money in
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Google
funded
2017–2018
Primary record
123
The Times reported $200,000 in 2017 and $300,000 in 2018. Invoices in a House hearing record show $100,000 (December 2017) and $200,000 (August 2018).
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Amazon
funded
Scholarship & press
1
The Times reported donation checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars from Google and Amazon.
Going further
Proof 3 sources
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The tech-backed institute that shapes how governments approach big tech (The New York Times, republished by The Salt Lake Tribune), The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Jul 2020.
Scholarship & press
He became the institute’s executive director when he returned to George Mason University after serving as one of the five Federal Trade Commission members from 2013 to 2015.
In 2017, Google, for example, donated $200,000 to the group and contributed an additional $300,000 in 2018.
The documents included donation checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars from Google and Amazon, as well as a three-year, multimillion-dollar donation agreement from Qualcomm.
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Global Antitrust Institute invoice #20171214G to Google Inc., 14 December 2017 (exhibit in a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing record, 25 February 2021), Global Antitrust Institute, 14 Dec 2017.
Primary record
Joshua D. Wright Executive Director, Global Antitrust Institute Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 3301 Fairfax Drive, MS 1G3 Arlington, VA 22201
FROM: Global Antitrust Institute DATE: December 14, 2017 AMOUNT: $100,000.00 RE: P.O. # 429829; General Support
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Global Antitrust Institute invoice #20180816G to Google Inc., 27 August 2018 (exhibit in a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing record, 25 February 2021), Global Antitrust Institute, 27 Aug 2018.
Primary record
FROM: Global Antitrust Institute DATE: August 27, 2018 AMOUNT: $200,000.00 RE: General Support; Support for Economics Seminars
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