With a net worth of $187 billion, Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is among the richest people in the world. He invests his wealth...

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will use the computing system to run openly available AI...

A privileged child, she left a Connecticut boarding school after her family declared bankruptcy.

The philanthropy, which has a mission of curing, preventing or managing all disease by the end of the century, said in its announcement tha...

In the years leading up to their breakup, each spouse has dived into projects outside the scope of the foundation’s work.

More than two dozen philanthropic organisations and corporations have launched this fund.

Bezos's 'real-time' net worth is around $188 bn, as estimated by Forbes.

He’s not the only one looking to give away a mega-fortune. Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have said their namesake private foundation -- t...

Even with more than. $90 billion to his name, Bezos has yet to make a major philanthropic mark, but with the new mantle of the world’s rich...

"Zuckerberg's net worth at $52 billion. His net worth has increased over the past year despite the stock sales as a result of the rise in F...

China now has the world's largest number of billionaires as their numbers rose sharply as a "staggering" 242 joined the list in the last ye...

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife pledged to give away virtually all of their $46 billion in Facebook shares, setting a new philanthropic benchm...

We've rounded up some of the other most generous people, all of whom have decided to donate large portions of their wealth to charity.

Zuckerberg's book club, A Year of Books, has focused on big ideas that influence society and business.

"Priscilla Chan & I have some exciting news: we're expecting a baby girl! This will be a new chapter in our lives," Zuckerberg wrote on his...

In 2000, they set up the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at agricultural development, health, educational and other social causes.

The world's two leading internet giants have set aside their rivalries and joined forces to set up the most lucrative science prize in hist...