- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla have been married since 2012.
- The couple met in college and has three daughters.
- They have also created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and built a real estate empire.
Meta CEO Mark ZuckerbergIt’s not that he got an undergrad from Harvard but it was his time at university that introduced him to the woman he married. Priscilla Chan.
The couple, who met at a frat house party in 2003, got married one day after Facebook went public in 2012.
In the last two decades, while Zuckerberg continued to run Meta and the couple founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, bought up large properties in California and Hawaii while pledging millions of dollars to charitable efforts.
You can learn everything about this couple who has been together nearly 20 years. They have three daughters. Maxima Chan, August and Aurelia Chan.
Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg first met in line at a Harvard University Party in 2003. Chan, who was a sophomore from Boston, was at a party that Zuckerberg’s Alpha Epsilon Pi was hosting.
Chan said: “He was a nerdy, slightly outlandish guy.” The New Yorker. It is a C++ tag. It’s like nerdy computer science humor, but it has a college-like appeal.
Chan revealed that she was worried when she met Zuckerberg that he would be expelled from school because of a prank that he played: the “Facemash” website that ranks the attractiveness and popularity of students at Harvard. Zuckerberg famously created the site in his second year.
Zuckerberg was also expecting to be kicked out when he met Chan. The party was Chan’s farewell. In his commencement speech at Harvard in 2017, Zuckerberg spoke of his aspirations. Chan Opening LineThe sentence was: “I will be kicked out of my house in three days so we have to find a date fast.”
He said, “Without Facemash, Priscilla and I wouldn’t be friends.” “She is the most important woman in my life. You could say that it was the biggest thing I created in my time here.”
Chan’s first date with Zuckerberg was a surprise. Zuckerberg told her, “I would rather go out on a dating with someone else.” [her]Chan told an interviewer that he would rather finish his midterm at home than complete the take-home exam. The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us. Today ShowThe year 2014 “The Type-A first child within me was horrified.”
Zuckerberg officially left Harvard after his sophomore year in 2005 to focus on the building of Facebook. He then moved to Palo Alto in California, where Facebook’s first office was located.
Chan graduated in 2007 from Harvard, and Zuckerberg attended the celebration. Chan followed him to California and enrolled in medical school at University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, in 2008. She rented a place near Golden Gate Park so that Zuckerberg could visit her every weekend.
Chan established some ground rules early in their relationship for dating, because Zuckerberg had so much time on his hands with Facebook. Chan demanded one date a week and 100 minutes alone time a week, not on Facebook.
“They go to the park and walk, they row (he insists on them going in separate boats), or play Settlers of Catan. In 2010, the New Yorker published an article about the couple.
Chan was at the table when Zuckerberg declined multiple buyout offers. This included a $1 Billion offer from Yahoo, in 2006. She said Zuckerberg had never been more stressed than he was during this time.
Chan was a medical school student when he moved to the rented house of Zuckerberg in Palo Alto’s College Terrace neighborhood in September 2010. He announced the news on — where else — Facebook. He wrote: “We have 2x of everything. If you need household appliances, dishes or glasses, please come and get them before we give away.”
In March 2011, Chan and Zuckerberg Adopt a dog, a Puli they named Beast. The couple made their relationship official on Facebook that same month.
In Palo Alto, Zuckerberg and Chan purchased a five-bedroom house for $7 million and equipped it with an “artificially intelligent assistant” they had built. In the following year, Zuckerberg purchased the four houses surrounding the residence in Palo Alto for $43 millions to allow him expand his property.
The wedding of Zuckerberg & ChanCeremony in May 2012 was an unexpected event: Chan and Zuckerberg tied the knot only days after Chan graduated med school. Guests were told that the wedding was a surprise graduation celebration for Chan. The wedding was held in the backyard of Palo Alto’s house.
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The newlyweds — and newly minted billionaires — spent their Romantic honeymoons in RomeThey were seen eating McDonald’s while on vacation.
After returning from their honeymoon in San Francisco, Zuckerberg bought for $10,000,000 a townhouse located in the Dolores Heights area. He spent another $1.6 million on the renovation. He spent an additional $1.6 million to remodel the place. Sell the houseFor $31 Million in 2022.
In October 2014, Zuckerberg and Chan bought two major properties: Property in KauaiThey bought the estate in Hawaii for more than 100 million dollars. The estate has been expanded twice more and the owners now own 1,500 acres of land in Kauai.
Chan graduated from medical school in June 2015 with a pediatrics specialty. Chan then worked as a pediatrician in San Francisco General Hospital.
Zuckerberg announced Chan’s pregnancy in July 2011. Chan, who had tried to get pregnant for many years, suffered three miscarriages. “It is a lonely experience,” Zuckerberg said. Maxima Chan ZuckerbergBorn in December 2015
In celebration of the birth of their child, the couple launched the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The couple has pledged to donate their Facebook shares in full through the organization. Chan gave up her position as a doctor to run the charity full-time.
In 2016, they announced that they will invest $3 billion from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to research the cure of world diseases. They want to cure every disease in Max’s lifetime.
Together, the couple has donated hundreds of thousands to charity. The couple announced their signing of the Covenant in 2015. Giving PledgeA commitment by billionaires to donate more than half their wealth in their lifetimes, or through their wills.
Chan and Zuckerberg are also making efforts to support education in both coasts. The Meta CEO tried to invest $100 million in the Newark school system of New Jersey in 2010, but ultimately the investment failed. Chan and Zuckerberg opened their own school in 2015. The Primary SchoolStudents in low-income neighborhoods can receive a.
The couple also gave $75 million to San Francisco’s public hospital in 2015. It was then named after Zuckerberg. In 2020, the hospital will be renamed to Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalFacebook was accused of “endangering the public’s health” when it allowed misinformation to be spread.
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Zuckerberg and Chan also welcomed their second daughter. August Chan ZuckerbergIn August 2017. After August’s birth, Zuckerberg took a paternity leave of two months.
Zuckerberg and Chan also travelled the world together. They decided early in their relationship to take a two-week vacation every year. They have visited Chan’s family in China, Dubai, Mumbai and Dubai. Chan spent many years teaching Zuckerberg Mandarin.
In 2016, Zuckerberg and Chan visited Rome, where they met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Zuckerberg gave a small model of the Facebook solar-powered drone to Pope Francis.
You can also find out more about the following: Zuckerbergs’ real estate portfolioIn 2018, the couple spent $59 million in secret to buy two estates on Lake Tahoe’s waterfront. The two properties offer 600 feet of private access to the lake between them.
In December 2019, Zuckerberg and Chan gave a rare look inside their home as they baked challah with Max and August.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was formed in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus. COVID-19 Task ForceTo increase the testing capabilities of laboratories in the Bay Area.
In September 2022, the couple announced that they were expecting a third child. “We’re happy to announce Max and August will have a baby sister in the next year!” Zuckerberg shared the news on Instagram. Daughter Aurelia Chan ZuckerbergBirthdate: March 20, 2023
