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December 2, 2015

Zuckerberg to Donate Facebook Shares, Worth $45 Million, over Lifetime 
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have
announced they will give away 99% of their Facebook shares, currently
worth $45 billion, to charity during their lifetimes. The announcement
came in an open letter to their newborn daughter, Max. Meanwhile, a new
report shows the 20 richest people in the United States own more wealth
than half of the population of the US combined. The report, published by
Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie of the Institute for Policy Studies, shows
the top 20 wealthiest Americans, which includes Zuckerberg, own about
$732 billion. The report also shows that the 100 richest households in
the U.S. have the same amount of wealth as all African Americans in the
United States combined.

 

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