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Wikipedia biography of Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) alongside Mark Zuckerberg. CZI is a philanthropic organization that funds science, education, and justice initiatives, including significant AI and biomedical research investments relevant to the AI safety and governance ecosystem.

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•Priscilla Chan is a physician and philanthropist who co-founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with Mark Zuckerberg in 2015.
•CZI has committed billions of dollars to scientific research, including AI-driven biomedical tools like CZI's cell biology initiatives.
•CZI's investments in AI for science intersect with AI safety and governance discussions around responsible AI deployment.
•Chan's background in pediatrics and education informs CZI's focus on human-centered technology development.

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# Priscilla Chan

Priscilla Chan

American pediatrician and philanthropist (born 1985)

This article is about the American philanthropist. For other uses, see [Priscilla Chan (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan_(disambiguation) "Priscilla Chan (disambiguation)").

| Priscilla Chan |
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| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Priscilla_Chan_at_SXSW_2025_01_%28cropped_3%29.jpg/500px-Priscilla_Chan_at_SXSW_2025_01_%28cropped_3%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priscilla_Chan_at_SXSW_2025_01_(cropped_3).jpg)<br>Chan at SXSW in 2025 |
| Born | (1985-02-24) February 24, 1985 (age41)<br>[Braintree, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts "Braintree, Massachusetts"), U.S. |
| Education | [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University") ( [BS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science "Bachelor of Science")) <br>[University of California, San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Francisco "University of California, San Francisco") ( [MD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine "Doctor of Medicine")) |
| Occupations | - [Pediatrician](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatrician "Pediatrician")<br>- [philanthropist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropist "Philanthropist") |
| Title | - Co-founder and co-CEO of [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative "Chan Zuckerberg Initiative")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan#cite_note-1) |
| Spouse | [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg")<br><br>(m.2012) |
| Children | 3 |

**Priscilla Chan** (born February 24, 1985)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan#cite_note-2) is an American pediatrician and philanthropist.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan#cite_note-3) Chan has been married to [Mark Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg "Mark Zuckerberg"), co-founder and chief executive of [Meta Platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms "Meta Platforms"), since May 2012. In December 2015, Chan and Zuckerberg founded the [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative "Chan Zuckerberg Initiative") with a pledge to transfer 99 per cent of their Meta shares, then valued at $45 billion, to [venture capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital "Venture capital") and philanthropic initiatives.

## Early life and education

Chan was born in [Braintree, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Massachusetts "Braintree, Massachusetts"),[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan#cite_note-4) and grew up in [Quincy, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts "Quincy, Massachusetts"). Her parents were [ethnic Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoa_people "Hoa people") refugees

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