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마크 저커버그(31) 페이스북 최고경영자(CEO)와 소아과 전문의 프리실라 챈(30) 부부가 딸 맥스(Max)를 낳았다고 1일(현지시간) 밝혔다.
이들은 페이스북 게시물을 통해 출산 소식을 알리고 딸에게 보내는 공개편지를 썼다.
저커버그 부부는 "모든 부모들처럼 우리는 우리가 사는 오늘의 세상보다 더 나은 세상에서 네가 자라기를 바란단다"라며 세상을 더 좋은 곳으로 만들기 위해 노력하겠다고 다짐했다.
이들은 사람들이 잠재력을 실현하도록 돕고 평등을 장려해야 한다고 강조하면서 이를 위해 노력하는 것은 딸 맥스를 사랑해서이기도 하지만 다음 세대 어린이들을 위한 도덕적 의무이기도 하다고 밝혔다.
따라서 이런 목표를 위해 '챈 저커버그 이니셔티브'를 설립하기로 했다고 이들은 설명했다.
챈 저커버그 이니셔티브의 초기 사업은 개인화된 맞춤형 학습, 질병 치료, 사람들 연결하기, 강한 공동체 만들기 등에 초점이 맞춰질 것이라고 이들은 설명했다.
이들은 보유 중인 페이스북 지분 중 99%를 살아 있을 때 챈 저커버그 이니셔티브에 기부할 예정이라고 밝혔다. 이는 현 시가로 따져서 450억 달러(약 52조 원)다. 저커버그는 세계 제7위의 부호다.
페이스북은 이날 미국 증권거래위원회(SEC)에 제출한 신고서에서 저커버그의 기부 계획과 유한책임회사(LLC) 형식으로 설립된 챈 저커버그 이니셔티브에 관한 세부 사항을 밝혔다.
SEC 신고에 따르면 향후 3년간 저커버그가 기부할 액수는 연간 10억 달러 이하다.
또 저커버그는 그가 확보하고 있는 페이스북의 과반 의결권을 예견 가능한 장래에 유지할 의도를 갖고 있다고 페이스북은 전했다.
페이스북 주식들 사이에 의결권 차이가 있기 때문에 저커버그는 이 회사의 의결권 중 과반을 차지하고 있다. 다만 주식 수로 따진 지분율은 그보다 훨씬 낮다. 저커버그는 이 회사의 A형 보통주 400만주와 B형 보통주 4억1천900만주를 갖고 있다. 페이스북의 시가총액은 1일 종가 기준으로 3천30억 달러(350조 원)였다.
이런 점으로 보아 저커버그가 당장 경영 일선에서 후퇴하거나 페이스북 주식을 대량으로 매각하지는 않을 것으로 보인다.
저커버그는 지난달 부인이 출산하면 자신이 출산휴가 2개월을 쓸 것이라고 밝힌 바 있어 이날부터 휴가를 떠난 것으로 보인다. (연합)
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New dad Zuckerberg vows to give away Facebook fortune
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday he is a dad and pledged to give away his fortune to make the world a “better place” for baby daughter Maxima and others.
In a letter to Maxima posted on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan said they were going to give away 99 percent of their company shares -- estimated value $45 billion -- during their lives in an effort to make a happy and healthy world.
“Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can’t wait to see what you bring to this world,” the letter said.
Zuckerberg will “gift or otherwise direct” nearly all his shares of Facebook stock, or the after-tax proceeds of sales of shares, to further a mission of “advancing human potential and promoting equality” by means of activities for the public good, the California-based social network said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Zuckerberg “intends to retain his majority voting position in our stock for the foreseeable future,” Facebook said in the SEC filing.
“As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation,” the Facebook chief and his wife said.
“Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.”
Zuckerberg early on added his name to those who have taken a Giving Pledge to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
Names on the pledge include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, and IAC/InterActiveCorp powerhouse Barry Diller.
“We believe all lives have equal value, and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today,” Zuckerberg and Chan said in their letter to Max.
“Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.”
Zuckerberg in November said that he and his wife are donating $20 million to help get high-speed Internet service to US classrooms.
The money is being given to nonprofit group Education Super Highway to help with its mission, the Facebook chief executive said in a post on his page at the social network.
A month earlier, Zuckerberg and his doctor wife revealed plans to start a private school in a hardscrabble Silicon Valley town, mixing education with health care.
Zuckerberg voiced pride in his wife, Priscilla, for the plan to create “The Primary School” in the working-class city of East Palo Alto.
In June of last year, Zuckerberg and Chan began pumping $120 million into San Francisco Bay Area schools.
More than five years ago, Zuckerberg channeled $100 million to improve schools in the New Jersey city of Newark in an early foray into improving public education that got failing grades.
Zuckerberg plans to take two months’ paternity leave to be a dad.
“Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families,” Zuckerberg said in an earlier post on his Facebook page.
Beginning with the new year, dads working full-time for Facebook anywhere in the world will have the option of taking four months’ paid leave.
All new dads working for Facebook outside the US currently get a minimum of four weeks’ paternity leave, with more time offered in locations where required by local law, according to Facebook.
Same-sex partners who are not primary caregivers for babies get the same paid leave time as dads, the social network said.
The change, effective January 1, essentially raises parental leave time for dads and non-custodial same-sex partners from four weeks to four months.
Maternity leave offered to Facebook employees around the world is already four months, and the benefit was available to both moms and dads in the United States.
Facebook also gives a $4,000 bonus for parents to help meet the needs of new babies. (AFP)
New dad Zuckerberg vows to give away Facebook fortune
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday he is a dad and pledged to give away his fortune to make the world a “better place” for baby daughter Maxima and others.
In a letter to Maxima posted on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan said they were going to give away 99 percent of their company shares -- estimated value $45 billion -- during their lives in an effort to make a happy and healthy world.
“Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can’t wait to see what you bring to this world,” the letter said.
Zuckerberg will “gift or otherwise direct” nearly all his shares of Facebook stock, or the after-tax proceeds of sales of shares, to further a mission of “advancing human potential and promoting equality” by means of activities for the public good, the California-based social network said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Zuckerberg “intends to retain his majority voting position in our stock for the foreseeable future,” Facebook said in the SEC filing.
“As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all children in the next generation,” the Facebook chief and his wife said.
“Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.”
Zuckerberg early on added his name to those who have taken a Giving Pledge to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
Names on the pledge include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, and IAC/InterActiveCorp powerhouse Barry Diller.
“We believe all lives have equal value, and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today,” Zuckerberg and Chan said in their letter to Max.
“Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.”
Zuckerberg in November said that he and his wife are donating $20 million to help get high-speed Internet service to US classrooms.
The money is being given to nonprofit group Education Super Highway to help with its mission, the Facebook chief executive said in a post on his page at the social network.
A month earlier, Zuckerberg and his doctor wife revealed plans to start a private school in a hardscrabble Silicon Valley town, mixing education with health care.
Zuckerberg voiced pride in his wife, Priscilla, for the plan to create “The Primary School” in the working-class city of East Palo Alto.
In June of last year, Zuckerberg and Chan began pumping $120 million into San Francisco Bay Area schools.
More than five years ago, Zuckerberg channeled $100 million to improve schools in the New Jersey city of Newark in an early foray into improving public education that got failing grades.
Zuckerberg plans to take two months’ paternity leave to be a dad.
“Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families,” Zuckerberg said in an earlier post on his Facebook page.
Beginning with the new year, dads working full-time for Facebook anywhere in the world will have the option of taking four months’ paid leave.
All new dads working for Facebook outside the US currently get a minimum of four weeks’ paternity leave, with more time offered in locations where required by local law, according to Facebook.
Same-sex partners who are not primary caregivers for babies get the same paid leave time as dads, the social network said.
The change, effective January 1, essentially raises parental leave time for dads and non-custodial same-sex partners from four weeks to four months.
Maternity leave offered to Facebook employees around the world is already four months, and the benefit was available to both moms and dads in the United States.
Facebook also gives a $4,000 bonus for parents to help meet the needs of new babies. (AFP)
