Mark Zuckerberg To Donate 99 Percent Of His Facebook Shares To Charity
The brain behind the world's most popular social networking platforms, Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook shares to charity 99% of that Tuesday was not going to give away. In a nutshell, a good reason to remove almost all of the 99 stocks Zuckerberg's wealth is sure to nearly $ 45 billion.
Zuckerberg's welcome his daughter, and has pledged to donate to charity Zuckerberg and his wife in the first place because, gifts, Chan, Zuckerberg's first infrastructure that Chen stressed that, in a letter to his newborn daughter, Max, was written for the creation explains.
A large part of the promised such as Bill Gates, Zuckerberg's, and other billionaires him / her at the mall, where a commitment to make a rich man, keep in line with five years for the 'greater good world.The letter next to her signature, to the oath
Mark, he wrote:
Shortly after the announcement, it did not take long for Bill Gates and U2’s lead singer Bono to congratulate the couple over the bold step they had taken. For Zuckerberg and Chan, a new chapter of life awaits with their daughter Max“Today your mother and I are committing to spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. I will continue to serve as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come, but these issues are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work. By starting at a young age, we hope to see compounding benefits throughout our lives.As you begin the next generation of the Chan-Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation. Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.We will give 99% of our Facebook shares — currently about $45 billion — during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.”
