Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan, who was a fellow Harvard student.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan, who was a fellow Harvard student. They began dating in 2003 and got married in 2012. Chan graduated from Harvard in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, then attended the UCSF School of Medicine where she obtained her pediatrics degree and founded her own school in 2016, per Inc.
1. Priscilla Chan - Education
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Not many know that Priscilla Chan is highly educated. As the wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Chan's credentials greatly exceed her husband's, who dropped out of Harvard University in 2005, according to Business Insider. Chan graduated from Harvard in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, then attended the UCSF School of Medicine where she obtained her pediatrics degree and founded her own school in 2016, per Inc.
2. Marriage
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are college sweethearts and got married May 19, 2012, a day after Facebook's IPO.
3. Doting parents
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are doting parents to Max (5) and August (3).
4. Philanthropy
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Priscilla Chan runs one of the largest philanthropic investment companies in the world. Along with husband Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in late 2015. According to Quartz, the initiative — better known as CZI — is "the world's best-funded startup ever," with Chan and Zuckerberg pledging 99% percent of their worth "to help prevent, cure or manage all disease over the next century."
5. Pledge to donate 99% Facebook shares
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Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan had promised to donate 99 percent of their Facebook shares for education and developing cures for various diseases. In 2018, Zuckerberg and CZI sold shares worth $5.3 billion.
