DHAKA: The chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook, has announced he is donating most of his wealth to charity before he dies.

The head of the world’s most profitable company is worth over $800m.

Cook told Fortune Magazine that he would leave his wealth to philanthropic causes but not before paying for his 10-year-old nephew’s college education, reports the BBC.

He joins a growing number of the world’s super-rich who are giving away their wealth, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Five years ago, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates launched the campaign The Giving Pledge.

It aims to convince billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity. Zuckerberg and over 100 others have so far signed up to the ‘moral commitment’.

Cook’s base salary went up by 43% in February 2014, rising to $9.2m a year.

According to Fortune Magazine, he holds $120m worth of Apple shares and a further $665m of restricted stocks.

With the average cost of a private US university education estimated to be about $30,000, there should be plenty of funds left to donate once he has provided for his nephew.

BDST: 1848 HRS, MAR 28, 2015