Zuckerberg to donate his billions to charity

Internet entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg is to put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares - currently worth about $45 billion - into a new philanthropic project focusing on human potential and equality.

The move was announced by Zuckerberg and his wife on Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter.

The plan, which was posted on the Facebook founder and chief executive officer's page, attracted more than 570,000 "likes", including from singer Shakira, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.