Square CEO Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion for COVID-19 relief, economic development

Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is moving $1 billion of his equity in Square into an organization meant to fund COVID-19 relief efforts around the globe and support charitable initiatives like educational access for girls and universal basic income. In a tweet, the tech billionaire said he was giving away roughly 28% of his net worth to Start Small LLC to fighting the pandemic and then to support girls' health and education and universal basic income because "I believe they represent the best…