Twitter boss doubles up on Elton John’s $1 million pledge

peoplemagazine.co.za:

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has given Elton John a big boost amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown by matching the rocker’s $1 million (£820,000) donation to his AIDS foundation’s COVID-19 emergency fund.

The Rocket Man singer pledged to donate to the cause last month and now Dorsey has doubled the hand-out. Elton personally thanked Dorsey in a video message he posted online on Wednesday, stating, “Recently my foundation launched a $1 million COVID emergency fund to support our frontline partners to respond to the pandemic and its effects on HIV prevention and care for the most marginalised communities.

But the need is overwhelming. So I rang up a friend of mine to see if he can help us and I am so grateful to Jack Dorsey for stepping up and