Is Mark Zuckerberg Engaged?

Is Mark Zuckerberg Engaged?

Bill Gates, former Microsoft CEO, accidentally said that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be engaged to girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The information was revealed in an interview in The Daily Mail.

Bill Gates said ” Priscilla thought about education and he gave money to Newark, New Jersey, and we did a co-grant so that some of our people who had some expertise in that field could help him out. He deserves credit. I started meaningful philanthropy in my forties. He's starting way earlier."

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan started dating since 2003, a year before Facebook started. They began dating at Harvard University. Bill Gates’ announcement was like a silp of the tongue, as Zuckerberg’s and Chan’s relationship status on Facebook says “In A Relationship” and not “Engaged”. However, a lot of privacy setting on Zuckerberg’s profile have changed.

On the other hand, businessinsider.com checked with Facebook's Head of Communications, Elliot Schrage, who said, "If [Mark is engaged, Bill Gates] knows something I don't know. Gates's communications guy just wrote to apologize for the misunderstanding."

Zuckerberg is the 52nd richest man in the world today, with his worth calculated at $13.5 billion. According to Forbes magazine, he is the second youngest billionaire in the world.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Monday June 13 2011, 9:33 AM EST. Ref: NDTV.com. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0