Marcus Davis

Marcus Davis on founding and leading Rethink Priorities

Marcus Davis, Rob Wiblin, Kieran Harris

Rethink Priorities has rapidly expanded from ten to over fifty staff members, operating as a fully remote research entity that splits leadership between Peter Waterford and co-CEO Marcus Davis to manage long-termism alongside animal welfare and global health initiatives. The organization now executes a high-volume consultancy portfolio for major funders like Open Philanthropy, generating documented impacts such as influencing millions in farm animal funding and launching new charities while addressing critical data gaps in wild welfare. To sustain this trajectory and fund upcoming inquiries into interspecies moral weight, RP seeks an additional $3 million in annual support to scale its survey teams and avoid rejecting commissioned work.