Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan gave $4 million to save a 600-year-old Hawaiian fishpond from development—now the 102-acre historic site will remain protected for the community foreverThe 600-year-old Hawaiian fishpond is now protected indefinitely after receiving a $4 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerber...
09 Sep, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Hanuman Ansh: The saint linked to Apple, Google, Facebook and eBayA film about Neem Karoli Baba has surprised box offices, sparking renewed interest in the Indian saint. Richard Alpert, later Ram Dass, int...
02 Sep, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Bill Gates, alarmed by AI, has policy ideas he wants to discuss with China's Xi JinpingThe Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview that he believes China might agree to restri...
26 Aug, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan’s parents escaped Vietnam by boat with no hope of reuniting with their family; decades later, their daughter became a Harvard graduate & philanthropistPriscilla Chan's journey is rooted in her family's escape from war-torn Vietnam in search of safety and a better life. She became the first...
23 Aug, 2026, 11.12 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg says Joe Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 contentMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Biden administration pressured his company to censor certain COVID-19 content in 2021. He expres...
28 Aug, 2024, 11.51 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy project plans AI system for life sciences researchThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will use the computing system to run openly available AI...
19 Sep, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4 billion for science advancesThe philanthropy, which has a mission of curing, preventing or managing all disease by the end of the century, said in its announcement tha...
09 Dec, 2021, 07.29 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg sells $95 million in Facebook stock: Report"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...
22 Nov, 2016, 03.34 PM IST
Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg gives $31 million in stock to charitySanderberg, 46, donated 290,000 shares of Facebook stock at "a market value of roughly $31 million" to various charities.
15 Jan, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
The question that Mark Zuckerberg inspires Facebook employees to ask themselvesLeaked messages from Mark Zuckerberg from the early days of Facebook portray the founder as a flippant jerk.
10 Dec, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Mandating CSR spends akin to taxation: Ratan TataTata was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event to announce tie-up with online education platform Khan Academy.
06 Dec, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
Chinese billionaires under pressure after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg moveChina 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...
03 Dec, 2015, 03.13 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg & four biggies who donated billions to charityThe Facebook founder joined a list of philanthropists when he pledged 99% of his wealth to social causes.
03 Dec, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
Joyous dad, Mark Zuckerberg, to give away 99% Facebook sharesMark Zuckerberg and his wife pledged to give away virtually all of their $46 billion in Facebook shares, setting a new philanthropic benchm...
03 Dec, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg to step up India philanthropyZuckerberg plans to step up philanthropic activities in India and also put more resources behind bringing more people online in the country.
29 Sep, 2015, 05.01 AM IST
- ET Awards: The future of philanthropy
After a decade of extraordinary and entrepreneurial wealth creation, it is now time for India Inc to face the hard question: is it giving b...
07 Jan, 2011, 01.04 AM IST
- Time names Mark Zuckerberg 'Person of Year'
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2010.
16 Dec, 2010, 08.46 AM IST