Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan
have welcomed their first child - a baby girl called Max - into the world, and
used her arrival to announce plans to give away most of their $45 billion
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, the letter claims.
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. Awesome
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