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Title: Facebook founder times big schools gift with unflattering movie release Post by: Allhallowsday on September 23, 2010, 10:15:51 PM Facebook founder times big schools gift with unflattering movie release
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg--who placed as the 35th richest person on the just-released Forbes 400 list-- is giving troubled schools in Newark, N.J., an enormous $100 million gift on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Friday. As it happens, that's the same day an unflattering and much-buzzed-about movie premieres in which he's portrayed as a power-hungry and socially awkward genius. "The Social Network" premieres Friday at the New York Film Festival, and is already being compared to "Citizen Kane" and "The Godfather," two iconic portraits of powerful men felled by their own ambition. The 26-year-old hasn't engaged in much high-profile philanthropy so far -- unlike fellow tech billionaire and education reformer Bill Gates -- which makes his Oprah appearance and $100 million gift more notable. Zuckerberg will announce the donation alongside Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to the New York Times' scoop. The money represents an eighth of the city's total education budget. Zuckerberg's net worth skyrocketed by 245 percent in the past year as Facebook's market valuation topped $23 billion... http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100923/us_yblog_upshot/facebook-founder-times-big-schools-gift-with-unflattering-movie-release (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100923/us_yblog_upshot/facebook-founder-times-big-schools-gift-with-unflattering-movie-release) |