Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla
Chan have welcomed their first child - a baby girl named Max into the world,
and used her arrival to announce plans to give away most of their $45billion
fortune.
The Silicon Valley billionaire and his doctor wife shared
the news of the baby's birth in a Facebook post entitled, 'A letter to our
daughter'.
Included in the lengthy post was the couple's pledge to
donate the vast majority of their fortune to future generations. They will
donate 99% of their Facebook shares currently valued at $45 billion to the work
of a new charitable foundation.
That would leave them with $450 million for themselves and
their new child based on Facebook's current valuation, plus any other private
wealth held by the couple. The letter was accompanied with a picture of the proud new
parents tenderly holding their newborn wrapped in a Aden And Anais swaddle
cloth covered in cartoon caterpillars. The designer blankets are sold in $50
four-packs.
Click here to read Zuckerberg's letter to his new child
titled "A letter to our daughter."
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