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Priscilla Chan

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American pediatrician and philanthropist

Person · Open Library

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  • In a Moment of Recollection, All Present Is Lost

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Hong Kong
Active from
1958-09-07
Active to
1993-10-25
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Total plays
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Priscilla Chan Wai Han (Chinese: 陳慧嫻; Jyutping: Can4 Wai6 Haan4; pinyin: Chén Huìxián; born 28 July 1965) is a Hong Kong singer. She is renowned for her contralto singing voice and her maturely clear, technically skilled, and emotion-rich vocals. Debuted in 1983 at age 18 from a trio album project named Girls' Magazine (少女雜誌), which was formed by Fiori Productions Ltd. (法安利製作有限公司), with the hit "Forgotten Promise" (逝去的諾言) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%E9%99%B3%E6%85%A7%E5%AB%BB">Read more

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Key facts

Born
( 1985-02-24 ) February 24, 1985 (age 41) , Braintree, Massachusetts , US
Education
Harvard University ( BS ), University of California, San Francisco ( MD )
Occupations
Pediatrician philanthropist
Title
Co-founder and co-CEO of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Spouse
Mark Zuckerberg ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Priscilla Chan (born February 24, 1985) is an American pediatrician and philanthropist. Chan has been married to Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive of Meta Platforms, since May 2012. In December 2015, Chan and Zuckerberg founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with a pledge to transfer 99 percent of their Meta shares, then valued at $45 billion, to venture capital and philanthropic initiatives.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Priscilla Chan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.