Mark Zuckerberg donation: How big is it really? A quiz.

Pop Quiz: Which is Bigger? Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy or the Cost of Building the Hoover Dam?

Pop Quiz: Which is Bigger? Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy or the Cost of Building the Hoover Dam?

Moneybox
Commentary about business and finance.
Dec. 2 2015 12:10 PM

How Big Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropic Pledge?

See how it stacks up against the Clinton Foundation’s endowment, the cost of the Hoover Dam, and the entire gross national product of Greece.

151202_$BOX_Zuckerberg-Or-Hoover-Dam
Zuckerberg and the Hoover Dam: Will both go down in history?

Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images, by David Ramos/Getty Images.

On Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced a plan to give 99 percent of their stock in Facebook to charity over the course of their lives. At the shares’ current value, that’s about $45 billion. But what does that number really mean? How does it compare with Bill Gates’ philanthropy, or Bill Clinton’s, or with other astronomical expenditures? Test your sense of scale with our interactive below. Drag the answer choices in the right column over to the left in order from biggest to smallest. When you’re done, we’ll tell you how well you did.

Your order
Answer choices
↺ Reset