16 Facts About Priscilla Chan

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Priscilla Chan was born on February 24,1985 and is an American philanthropist and a former pediatrician.

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Priscilla Chan attended Harvard University and received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco.

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On February 24,1985, Chan was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, and grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

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Priscilla Chan's parents were Chinese immigrants from Vietnam who fled the country in refugee boats.

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Priscilla Chan grew up speaking Cantonese and interpreted for her grandparents.

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Priscilla Chan has two younger sisters with all siblings born in the United States.

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Priscilla Chan's father owned a restaurant in Massachusetts, which he later sold to run a wholesale fish company in 2006.

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Priscilla Chan graduated valedictorian of her class from Quincy High School.

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Priscilla Chan entered Harvard University in 2003, where she met and began dating Mark Zuckerberg.

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Priscilla Chan is the first college graduate in her family.

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Priscilla Chan married Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on May 19,2012, the day following the Facebook's historic IPO.

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On March 24,2023, Priscilla Chan gave birth to their third daughter Aurelia.

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Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have pledged about $4.6 billion to charities, including a donation of $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital, where Priscilla Chan worked.

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On December 1,2015, Priscilla Chan and Zuckerberg posted an open Facebook letter to their newborn daughter.

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Priscilla Chan is considered to have had a strong influence on the philanthropy of her husband.

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Priscilla Chan was one of six nominated for The San Francisco Chronicle's third annual Visionary of the Year award in March 2017.