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Who is behind the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative?

Also known as CZI, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC

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2 links · Dec 2015 –

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Founded by

  • Mark Zuckerberg founded Dec 2015 co-founder Primary record 12

    Announced on 1 December 2015. Facebook's filing that day says he controls the voting of any Facebook shares the CZI holds.

  • Priscilla Chan founded Dec 2015 co-founder Primary record 23

    Announced on 1 December 2015 with Mark Zuckerberg.

Proof 3 sources
  1. Facebook, Inc. current report (Form 8-K), December 1, 2015, Meta Platforms, 1 Dec 2015. Primary record
    For this purpose, Mr. Zuckerberg has established a new entity, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC, and he will control the voting and disposition of any shares held by such entity.
  2. Mark Zuckerberg's speech as written for Harvard's Class of 2017, Harvard University, 25 May 2017. Primary record
    That’s why Priscilla and I started the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and committed our wealth to promoting equal opportunity.
  3. Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Donate 99% of His Facebook Shares for Charity, The New York Times, 1 Dec 2015. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    Mr. Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, said they were forming a new organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, to manage the money, through an unusual limited liability corporate structure.
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