Mark Zuckerberg: The Second Biggest Philanthropist!
Mark with wife Priscilla Chan has emerged as the second biggest philanthropist of America.
Facebook founder and owner Mark Zuckerberg is not just a man focussed on his business but even believes in giving back to the society. Mark with wife Priscilla Chan has emerged as the second biggest philanthropist of America.
The biggest philanthropist Warren Buffet contributed a whopping 3.1 billion dollars to charity while Mark and wife Priscilla contributed a combined 498.8 million dollars. Mark Zuckerberg recently entred the space of philanthropy in 2010 when he pledged 100 million dollars to public schools in New Jersey. Mark Zuckerberg¡¯s net worth is estimated to be around 12 billion dollars.
The top five contributors are: Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, John Arnold and wife Laura, Paul Allen and Sergey Brin with wife Anne Wojcicki stood in the fifth place.
Philanthropic contributions of tech biggies and software giants are well known and applauded the world over. The most well-known is perhaps the Bill and Melissa Gates foundation which extends assistance the world over. Mark reportedly gets along brilliantly with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and looks like some of Bill Gates¡¯ activities have rubbed off on the young entrepreneur! And from what we see, no one¡¯s complaining!
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