Trevor Neilson

Upon leaving Washington State University, Neilson moved to Washington, D.C. where he became an intern for United States Representative Jolene Unsoeld in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Scholar program. Following that internship and Bill Clinton’s election as president, Neilson moved to the White House where he became an intern in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance. After serving

After leaving the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Neilson was Co-Founder of Global Philanthropy Group, a firm that designs and implements philanthropic strategies for high-net-worth individuals and companies. In this capacity Neilson has worked with over sixty of the worlds’ philanthropists, business leaders and celebrities. The New York Times profiled Neilson in December 2010 and said “few philanthropic advisers have a celebrity Rolodex as full as Mr. Neilson’s.”

Neilson co-founded i(x) investments with Howard Warren Buffett in 2015. The company launched in 2015 with a piece in the New York Times. Neilson currently serves as the Co-founder and CEO of the company. i(x) is structured as a permanently capitalized holding company—not a fund - for investors who want to create both risk-adjusted market rate returns and positive social impact.

After a few months on the job, Neilson had the responsibility of announcing to the public and media that Stanford had leukemia. Stanford waged an aggressive, and very public, fight against the disease, but died on November 28, 1998. Neilson held a news conference with media in Seattle to announce his death.

Trevor Neilson (born July 2, 1972) is an American businessperson, investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Global Philanthropy Group. Global Philanthropy Group was purchased by Todd Wagner in 2017 and is now a part of the Charity Network. He has been active in a large number of philanthropic and political campaigns and has started a number of companies.

Neilson was born in Seattle, Washington on July 2, 1972. He is the oldest of five children, and all of his brothers and sisters were adopted. Neilson's mother and father were actively involved in child welfare, juvenile justice, and other related issues. Neilson's mother, Janice Secord Neilson, lead the World Association for Children and Parents, an international adoption and child welfare organization, for over thirty years. Neilson's father, Scott Charles Neilson, served as the Juvenile Justice Commissioner for Thurston County in Washington State, and in the Washington State Attorney General's office.