Inside Google Billionaire Eric Schmidt’s $1 Billion Moonshot Plan To Fund The World’s Most Promising Teens

<p>The Rise program is the flagship initiative of a $1 billion pledge to “identify, develop and support global talent working in service of others” made by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy, who Forbes estimates have a net worth of $23.1 billion. Last week, Rise announced 100 winners who will be making up its first cohort of teenagers from around the world.</p>