Molly Munger
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| Organization: | Advancement Project |
| Role: | Co-Founder |
| Location: | Pasadena, California |
| Education: | Radcliffe College, Harvard Law School |
Molly Munger is an attorney based in Pasadena, California. She co-founded the Advancement Project, a group aiming "to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy," in 1999.[1]
Biography
Munger's father was Charlie Munger, the vice chairman of Warren Buffet's firm Berkshire Hathaway.[2] Munger graduated from Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School.
Munger's legal career included serving as an assistant U.S. attorney and practicing law in the private sector. She was a partner at Baird, Munger & Meyers and in the Los Angeles office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Between 1994 and 1999, Munger was western regional counsel for the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Munger co-founded the Advancement Project, which describes itself as "a public policy change organization rooted in the civil rights movement," in 1999.[3] As of September 2025, Munger's license to practice law in California had been expired since 2015.[4]
Work and activities
Support for Proposition 38
- See also: California Proposition 38, State Income Tax Increase for Education Funding Initiative (2012)
Munger was among the proponents of California Proposition 38 in 2012. The ballot measure would have increased California's state income taxes for a period of 12 years by an amount ranging from 0.4 percentage points for the lowest earners to 2.2 percentage points for the highest. The money collected would have gone to funding education and early childhood programs across the state.[5] The measure failed, with 71.3% of voters voting against and 28.7% voting in favor.[6]
Munger spent more than $44 million in support of the measure, making her the largest individual donor to any statewide ballot initiative in 2012.[7]
Notable endorsements
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Advancement Project, "About Us," accessed September 22, 2025
- ↑ Fox Business, "Charlie Munger's daughter wants wealth tax as buffer against 'Darwin-like' capitalism," October 22, 2019
- ↑ Advancement Project, "Molly Munger, Founding Co-Director," accessed September 22, 2025
- ↑ The State Bar of California, "Molly Munger # 62220," accessed September 22, 2025
- ↑ Secretary of State of California, "Tenth Measure Qualifies for November California Ballot," June 20, 2012
- ↑ Secretary of State of California, "Statement of Vote: November 6, 2012, General Election," December 14, 2012
- ↑ Center for Public Integrity, "Californian spends $44 million, loses ballot initiative fight," November 9, 2012
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