Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg and wife expecting a new baby

Mark Zuckerburg and wife, Dr Priscilla Chan announce on Thursday that they are expecting a new baby into the Facebook first family.

“We are all better people because of the strong women in our lives — sisters, mothers and friends,” Zuckerberg said in a post at his Facebook page.

“We can’t wait to welcome our new little one and do our best to raise another strong woman.”

Zuckerberg’s wife, Dr Priscilla Chan, gave birth to daughter “Max” in late November of 2015. He said in a Facebook post; 

 “Priscilla and I are happy to share we’re expecting another baby girl!” the post reads from Zuckerberg, 32, accompanied by childhood photos of himself and Chan. “After our difficult experience having Max, we weren’t sure what to expect or whether we’d be able to have another child. When Priscilla and I first found out she was pregnant again, our first hope was that the child would be healthy.”

“My next hope was that it would be a girl,” the post continues. “I cannot think of a greater gift than having a sister and I’m so happy Max and our new child will have each other.”

After Max was born, Zuckerberg and his wife said they would give away 99 percent of their Facebook wealth in a philanthropy initiative “to improve the lives of all those coming into this world”.

A charitable foundation backed by the couple early this year bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to eradicate disease.

Zuckerberg and Chan last year pledged $3 billion over the next decade to help banish or manage all disease, pouring some of the Facebook founder’s fortune into innovative research.