Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg topped the list of US philanthropists who opened their cheque books to make big donations in 2013, with his gift of almost $1bn to a Silicon Valley charity.
Mr Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, his wife, gave 18m Facebook shares worth about $990m to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in December, nearly 30 per cent of the $3.4bn total given to charity last year.
The gift – to a charity which works to support the neighbourhood where Facebook has its headquarters – marks the first time a philanthropist under the age of 30 has given the largest single donation. Mr Zuckerberg ranked second in 2012 behind Warren Buffett.
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