14 Facts About Priscilla Chan

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

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

Priscilla Chan's parents were Chinese refugees who fled Vietnam in boats.

Priscilla Chan grew up speaking Cantonese and interpreted for her grandparents who raised her and her two younger sisters, Michelle and Elaine, while her parents worked.

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

Priscilla Chan was a pediatrician at San Francisco General Hospital until 2017.

Priscilla Chan first met Mark Zuckerberg, the future co-founder and CEO of Facebook, at a fraternity party during her freshman year at Harvard University in 2003.

In 2024, a 7-foot-tall green and silver statue of Priscilla Chan commissioned by her husband Mark Zuckerberg was unveiled on Zuckerberg's Instagram account.

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.

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

Priscilla Chan served as the emeritus board chair of the school.

Priscilla Chan did not attend meetings announcing the tuition-free school's closure, and parents are uncertain about what's next for their children.

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

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