Massive charity initiative! Zuckerbergs pledge 99% of their Facebook shares after daughter's birth

Massive charity initiative! Zuckerbergs pledge 99% of their Facebook shares after daughter's birth

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla are seen with their daughter named Max in this image released on December 1, 2015. REUTERS/Courtesy of Mark Zuckerberg/Handout

Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said in a letter addressed to their newborn daughter.

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