99% stake in Facebook Mark Tsukerberg gives to charity

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they give 99% of his company shares to charity. This statement made Mark Tsukerberg on his Facebook page immediately after the news about the birth of his daughter.

He said that they donate their state fund Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, because they want to make the world in which to grow their daughter, a little better.

Donation is $ 45 billion in the current value of Facebook. However, the shares are donated to charity immediately, this process will take a lifetime young parents.

Even if Zuckerberg donates its 99% stake immediately, it will still be the owner of hundreds of millions of dollars. The state of his wife Chan has not been documented. Daughter of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan was born more last week, but this is great news was made public only on Tuesday.

In his letter, Zuckerberg said that the purpose of the fund Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is "to increase human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation." The primary objectives of the Fund will be education, healing of illnesses, bringing people together and creating a strong society.

"We have with my mother is just not enough words to describe the hope for the future, which you give to us", - said Zuckerberg at the beginning of his letter to his daughter.

"You already gave us a reason to think about the world in which we hope you will live," - he added.

The letter highlighted the important role of technology in achieving the objectives of the pair, who promote human development and equality.

"Many of the greatest opportunities for a generation will be realized after access to the Internet all the inhabitants of the earth" - Zuckerberg wrote to his daughter.

He said that more detailed data about the donation will be released as soon as he and his wife returned from a joint decree.

Zuckerberg said that Facebook will be the executive director for "many years."

The registration of the Securities and Exchange Commission, representatives of Facebook said that Zuckerberg "is planning to sell or give Facebook shares not more than $ 1 billion each year over the next three years and that he intends to maintain his right to majority voting" .