Facebook Chief Vows to Donate

99% of His Shares for Charity

By VINDU GOEL

and NICK WINGFIELD

ANDREW GIBBON E.P.A.

SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, announced on Tuesday that he and his wife would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares “during our holiday” to charitable purposes.

The pledge was made in an open letter to their newborn daughter, Max, who was born about a week ago.

Mr. Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, said they were

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ing people and building strong
communities,” they wrote.

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