Posted AT 7:13 AM EST on 24/11/08
Reeta Roy: Changing lives by providing a hand up, not a handout
Reeta Roy heads a Toronto-based charitable foundation with a brand name that is, you might say, priceless. Ms. Roy, 44, is CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, which was founded by the huge credit-card issuer as part of its initial public offering in 2006. The foundation, with more than $1-billion (U.S.) in assets and a global mandate to help alleviate poverty, is the largest shareholder of MasterCard with more than 13 per cent.
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