New project structured as a company
Facebook’s Zuckerberg takes philanthropy into profit, politics
Mark Zuckerberg, who famously urged his company Facebook Inc to „ move fast and break things,“is taking a similar approach to the staid world of philanthropy, indicating his new venture will get directly involved with politics and may even turn a profit.
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla
At the stock’s current price that stake is worth $45 billion.
Zuckerberg said he will invest up to $1 billion of his shares each year over the next three years into the initiative.
The limited liability company structure means the couple do not have to sell those shares under the same time restraints they would face if the initiative was structured as a foundation, giving them more flexibility in how long they can hang on to the stock.
The couple has yet to outline specific organizations or causes they will fund but said the initial areas of focus will be curing disease, innovating education and expanding Internet connectivity.
Zuckerberg and Chan made their first high-profile donation in 2010 with $100 million to improve Newark public schools.
The money funded a plan aimed at transforming Newark’s underperforming schools. But it ended up moving thousands of students to new schools while laying off teachers and support staff, and critics said the effort failed to involve the community.
Zuckerberg has acknowledged problems with that effort, and the couple emphasized the need to work with schools, parent groups and local governments.
The couple’s recent donations include $20 million to EducationSuperHighway, which helps con- nect classrooms to the Internet, and a new acute care and trauma center at San Francisco General Hospital, where 30-year old Chan works as a pediatrician.
In addition to the unusual structure of their initiative, Zuckerberg and Chan are distinguished by their youth, a rarity in high-end philanthropy, which they think will give them advantages in what they called the „very long time horizons“of their project.
„By starting at a young age, we hope to see compounding benefits throughout our lives,“they wrote in a letter announcing the initiative.
Text pochází z agentury Reuters V dnešním textu jsme se setkali se složenými výrazy, jejichž první část je tvořena slovem high, zpravidla naznačujícím vysokou úroveň něčeho. Bylo to konkrétně ve větě: „They made their first high-profile donation in 2010...“(„Věnovali svůj první ostře sledovaný / pozornost přitahující finanční dar v roce 2010...“) a také ve větě: „... a rarity in high-end philanthropy...“(„... vzácnost v profesionální/ exkluzivní filantropii...“).
Do češtiny výrazy překládáme buď doslovně: high-heeled shoes (boty s vysokými podpatky), nebo pomocí ustáleného překladu: high-headed man ( hrdý/pyšný muž).
High-flyer / high-hearted / high-powered – doplňte vhodný výraz a věty přeložte He bought a ... sports car. He has great courage, he is a ... man. He has extreme ambitions, he is a real ....
ctižádostivec. skutečný to je ambice, mimořádné Má – flyerhigh- / muž. odvážný to je kuráž, obrovskou Má – heartedhigh-
/ auto. sportovní výkonné vysoce Koupil – poweredhigh-