{"id":3670,"date":"2025-10-06T07:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/?post_type=impact_media&#038;p=3670"},"modified":"2025-10-06T07:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:15:37","slug":"nicolas-berggruen","status":"publish","type":"impact_media","link":"https:\/\/www.givingpledge.org\/impact_media\/nicolas-berggruen\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Berggruen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"impact-media-hero alignwide \">\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group impact-media-hero__content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group impact-media-hero__meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\">Pledger spotlights<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-06T07:15:34-07:00\">October 6, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 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