By Renuka Sudhir Last Updated:
The co-founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has had a lot of ups and downs in his life, before being known to the world as the perfect family man. He established Facebook in 2004, and after a lot of struggle in his career got married to his sweetheart, Priscilla Chan in 2012. [Read:The Love Story Of Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan]. He was recently was blessed with a baby girl, whom the couple named Max.
Some might know him as just another rich man, to have married his love, but he is currently known as one of the most perfect family man.
Just take a look below and you will know what we are talking about.
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Mark Zuckerberg met Priscilla Chan in 2003, while waiting in line for the bathroom at a party. They dated during their college life and survived the ups and downs of their love, one of which included Mark opting out of college to concentrate on Facebook, and the release of biopic movie, Social Network.
They dated long distance for quite a while, when Mark moved to California. The couple did not marry till they knew it was the right choice, which took nine long years.
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Though Facebook is a big success, Priscilla continues to contribute financially to the family. She loves continuing her career as a paediatrician.
This helps in relieving stress and helps making financial decisions as well.
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When Priscilla moved in with Mark, a relationship contract, written by Priscilla, was left for Mark to sign. A date per week and around 100 minutes of lone time together, neither at the apartment nor at Facebook, was one of the terms of the contract.
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Before the birth of their daughter, Mark took two months of paternity leave and he explained saying:
“Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families.” Even Facebook, as a company, gives both new moms and dads four months of paid leave."
Mark isn't the only dad in the world to take paternity leave. Read here: Bollywood Celebrity Husbands Who Took Paternity Leave For Their Wives
Mark announced that the couple would give away 99% of their Facebook shares to charity over the course of their life. [Read full story here]. This would help to better the world their daughter would grow up in. The money would be used in focusing on connecting people, improve learning, curing disease and building strong communities.
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With these reasons, we totally agree why Mark Zuckerberg makes a perfect family man. Do you agree too?
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