Mark Zuckerberg to Take Paternity Leave: India, Are You Listening?

Zuckerberg had also taken a two-month paternity leave following the birth of his first child in 2015.

An old photo of Mark Zuckerberg with his wife Priscilla and their first child Max. 

(Photo Courtesy: Facebook /Mark Zuckerberg) 

Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday he would be taking two months of paternity leave after the birth of his second daughter. Zuckerberg said he would be taking advantage of Facebook's option to take leaves in parts. Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post:

I’ll take a month off to be with Priscilla (Chan) and the girls at the beginning, and then we’ll spend the whole month of December together as well.

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Zuckerberg had also taken a two-month paternity leave following the birth of his first child, Maxima Chan Zuckerberg, in 2015. The billionaire Internet mogul said in March that the couple was expecting a second child. This is what Zuckerberg said in his Facebook post:

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(This piece has been published in arrangement with Reuters)

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