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Priscilla Chan (not to be confused with the Hong Kong pop singer of the same name), has a net worth of $14 billion. That net worth is, of course, mostly explained by her marriage to the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, who famously became a billionaire, thanks to the mega-popular website he created. But Chan has had a pretty interesting career in her own right as a medical student. Her commitment to medicine and health, according to popular lore, influenced Zuckerberg in adding an organ donor registry to Facebook. Chan met Zuckerberg while studying biology at Harvard. After teaching science for about a year, Chan decided to go to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Having only just recently graduated in the spring of 2012, she is set to begin her career as a pediatrician very soon. Her career choice is all the more commendable given that as the wife of the ultra-rich Zuckerberg, she doesn’t “have to” work at all – and yet she chose a career that will allow her to help many children and their families.
Priscilla Chan married her longtime boyfriend Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in a small ceremony at their home in Palo Alto, California, on May 19, 2012. The couple, who met at Harvard have been together for nine years. The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg’s backyard. Priscilla graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on May 14, 2012, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation of Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation |
$214,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Asset |
Current assets of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative |
$62,500,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Funding for research by scientists and engineers |
$50,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation over the next decade to try and “cure all diseases” in their daughter’s lifetime |
$3,000,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation to a nonprofit that gives students around the country free eye exams and glasses |
$3,000,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Money raised from the Series C funding round of Asana and Grant funding round of Code.org |
$73,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation to various charities |
$1,600,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation of Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to San Francisco General Hospital's foundation for health care causes |
$75,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Money raised from the Grant funding round of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that helps K-12 schools tap federal funds for high-speed classroom Internet connections |
$20,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Value of Facebook shares donated to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic and political action company that focuses on health and education |
$45,000,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Donation to school systems, educational nonprofits and hospitals over the past few years |
$320,000,000 |