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Caroline Ellison out of jail, hired by effective altruist group Manifund
Original: Fellow FTX executive Caroline Ellison is out of jail, and the Manifund effective altruist grantmaking organization has j
Caroline Ellison, the former FTX executive sentenced for her role in the exchange's collapse, has been released from jail and has joined Manifund, an effective altruist grantmaking organization. The organization says she 'brings specific, useful expertise around finance', a claim drawing sharp mockery from critics who compare the rationale to crediting Bernie Madoff's financial skills.
Why now: People are reacting to the irony of a disgraced FTX finance executive being hired for her financial expertise so soon after leaving prison.
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- Fellow FTX executive Caroline Ellison is out of jail, and the Manifund effective altruist grantmaking organization has just let slip they hired her. She “brings specific, useful expertise around finance”, they say, which yeah — much in the same way that Bernie Madoff had very… · molly0xfff@hachyderm.io · 62
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