Mark Zuckerberg Fast Facts

Birth place: Dobbs Ferry, New York

Birth name: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Father: Edward Zuckerberg, dentist

Mother: Karen (Kempner) Zuckerberg, psychiatrist

Marriage: Priscilla Chan (May 19, 2012-present)

December 2012 – Announces, on his Facebook page, that he has donated 18 million Facebook shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

March 2014 – Ranked number 21 on Forbes’ list of the the world’s billionaires with a net worth of $28.5 billion.

October 14, 2014 – Announces he is donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to combat Ebola.

February 06, 2015 – Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, donate $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital. Chan worked there previously during her pediatric residency.

February 2015 – Real estate developer Mircea Voskerician files a lawsuit against Zuckerberg regarding property rights he sold to him at a steep discount, alleging Zuckerberg agreed to provide him networking opportunities. Zuckerberg claims Voskerician is using “extortive” measures.

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