He's already one of the world's youngest billionaires and now he's looking to spread his wealth around. Mark Zuckerberg has just joined Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's 'The Giving Pledge.'
Back in September, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would be giving $100 million to the Newark school system, and it appears he's on a philanthropic roll. The 26-year-old has just joined Bill Gates, Paul Allen, David Rockefeller, George Lucas and many more billionaires in promising to give half of his money to charity.
The Giving Pledge encourages billionaires to give their money to charity at any time, before or after they die. However, in his letter to the foundation, Zuckerberg said he would be giving the money away while he was still young.
"People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?" Zuckerberg said in a statement. "With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts," he said.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg is among 16 new billionaires to join the Pledge; AOL co-founder Steve Case, investor Carl Icahn and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz have all promised to give half their wealth to charity too.
The Giving Pledge now has 57 members.
sophisticated troll is sophisticated,
It's up to whomever is donating.
yea well if they want to see change in their lifetime they'd better put it into medical fields primarily.
like stem cell, cancer and AIDS ... those 3 should keep the donations busy.
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sophisticated troll is sophisticated,
boy your in internet terrotories. you beest get out b4 we gets angries. no but really, thanks for helping. course, it's all relative really. if i were to give half of my money away i'd still be fine to right? in fact, the amount of money i give away at the holidays is quite a bit. nearly "half" of my bank account.
as for mark Z. good for him.
Now lets wait and see how many of these people hold up to their promises Can someone early on put a few billion into artificial organs, specifically the heart? I want to live long enough to see this here.
This is the internet, we speak Stark here, there is no "whom" in Stark!
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