Mark Zuckerberg founder donates $ 45 billion after becoming a father

He intends to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife to give up 99 percent of their wealth and of around $ 45 billion for the benefit of charity and that celebrate the birth of their baby daughter, "Max."

He said Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and his wife said they intend to cede 99 percent of their share in the shares of the social networking site, which is currently worth about $ 45 billion, for the benefit of charity, and in a letter to their daughter, Max, who was born last week.

Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter Max into this world! For her birth, we wrote a letter to her about ...

Posté par Mark Zuckerberg sur mardi 1 décembre 2015

And the dissemination of Zuckerberg on his Facebook photo with his wife, "Priscilla Chan" and their daughter Max with a text entitled "The message to our daughter."

I was born "Max Chan Zuckerberg" the beginning of last week did not specify the date of her birthday.

The couple Chan and Zuckerberg has pledged so far donated $ 1.6 billion to charity, which are based out also that they had a number of donations this year, including donations to official schools and initiatives to improve access to the Internet, also donated to the hospital public in San Francisco, where she works Chan pediatrician.

And already he has celebrities to donate their wealth for charity along the lines of "Warren Buffett months US investor in the New York Stock Exchange" and "Bill and Melinda Gates" who created charitable institutions and pledged to donate their wealth.

Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter Max into this world!
For her birth, we wrote a letter to her about the world we hope she grows up in.
It's a world where our generation can advance human potential and promote equality -- by curing disease, personalizing learning, harnessing clean energy, connecting people, building strong communities, reducing poverty, providing equal rights and spreading understanding across nations.

We are committed to doing our small part to help create this world for all children. We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to join many others in improving this world for the next generation.
Thank you to everyone in this community for all your love and support during the pregnancy. You've given us hope that together we can build this world for Max and all children.