Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is 26 years old, a billionaire, the subject of a new Aaron Sorkin movie and a profile in The New Yorkerhttp://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas, and now (we think) the youngest ever $100 million dollar donor. Mashable reported last night that Zuckerberg is set to announce the gift on Oprah on Friday.
The gift is notable for a couple of reasons. It's one of very few reported 9 figure gifts in America so far this year. Most big giving this year is happening as part of The Giving Pledge. Most of those gifts will go into private foundations and be paid out over time. Other direct gifts this year include George Soros' recent gift to Human Rights Watch and Mark Benioff's gift to UCSF for a children's hospital.
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