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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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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Hong Kong
Active from
1958-09-07
Active to
1993-10-25
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Listeners
8,945
Total plays
235,960

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Priscilla
Family name
Chen
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Braintree
Occupation
pediatrician
Languages spoken
Chinese
Religion
Judaism
Image
Priscilla Chan at SXSW 2025 01 (cropped 3).jpg
Height
1.67
Residence
Palo Alto
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Commons category
Priscilla Chan (philanthropist)
date of birth
1985-02-24
ethnic group
Han Chinese people
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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.