Facebook investors OK new share class to keep Zuckerberg at helm

Facebook investors OK new share class to keep Zuckerberg at helm

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Facebook Inc shareholders approved a proposal to create a new class of non-voting shares, a move aimed at letting Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg give away his wealth without relinquishing control of the social media company he founded.

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