Saturday, October 21, 2023

Meta's Zuckerberg and Chan on track to donate $50 billion to science

Amazing stuff! Bravo! You may disagree on politics with Zuckerberg, but his and his wife's philanthropy is mind blowing.

"Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan sit atop a fortune that is currently valued at $113 billion, and they’ve promised to give almost all of it away. Their philanthropic funding group, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is committed to investing in an array of fields, including science, education, housing insecurity, and expanding access to startup capital to entrepreneurs of color.

In 2015, when the self-described science nerds pledged 99 percent of their Facebook fortune to philanthropic causes over their lifetimes, they did not specify how they might spread their wealth. ..."

Meta's Zuckerberg and Chan on track to put $50 billion into science - STAT



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