David Furnish

David leads Rocket Entertainment Group with a strong emphasis on both inclusion and diversity across internal policies and external projects. As the Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, he launched a COVID-19 Emergency Fund to support marginalized LGBT+ and other vulnerable communities during the pandemic to pivot to new models of HIV care. The Emergency Fund has given out over $2 million in grants all over the world including 22,000 kits of PPE distributed, 8500 people received emergency food packages, 200 people newly diagnosed with HIV, over 4000 people living with HIV receiving home delivery of their medication, and over 1 million text messages sent with sexual health information, COVID-19 prevention amongst other outcomes. In 2020, David won the British LGBT Global Impact Award with Elton John for their achievements with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to help the LGBT+ community during COVID-19.