Mark Zuckerberg Pledges to Fight Ebola with Wife Priscilla Chan By Donating $25 Million to Cause

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges to Fight Ebola with Wife Priscilla Chan By Donating $25 Million to Cause
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday morning (Oct 14) from his Facebook account that he and his wife Priscilla Chan are donating $25 million to fight the Ebola epidemic.
His statement read, "Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed. We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio. We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome. Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more. We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control."
Zuckerberg's personal wealth, as of July 2014, is estimated to be $33.1 billion. He receives a one-dollar salary as CEO of Facebook. Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year distinction. In 2011, He ranked first on the list of the "Most Influential Jews in the World" by The Jerusalem Post and has since topped the list every year as of 2013. Zuckerberg was played by actor Jesse Eisenberg in the 2010 film The Social Network, in which the rise of Facebook is portrayed.
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