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Mark Zuckerberg


Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and CEO and co-founder of widely known social networking website named Facebook. Mark Zuckergerg was born May 1984 in New York to his parents Edward Zuckerberg and Karen Kempner. He have three sisters, Randi, Donna, and Arielle. As young boy, he was considered by some people as programing prodigy. He also have his personal programing teacher as a kid. At Phillips Exeter Academy won prizes in math, astronomy, physics and classical studies. After it he studied at Harvard. He was also leader of fencing club. Value of his property was in 2015 estimated by magazine Forbes to 47 billions USD.

Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room in year 2004. Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing" untilhe decided to spread it to other schools, enlisting the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They started with Columbia, New York University, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Brown, and Yale. After Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto in California with Moskovitz and some friends, they leased a small house that served as an office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met Peter Thiel who invested in the company. According to Zuckerberg, the group planned to return to Harvard but eventually decided to remain in California. At the time they had already turned down offers by major corporations to buy his company.



A movie based on Zuckerberg and the founding years of Facebook, The Social Network was released on October 1, 2010, and stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg. After Zuckerberg was told about the film, he responded, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive. Mark Zuckerberg says he's giving away 99% of his Facebook shares to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. He met his future wife, fellow student Priscilla Chan, at a fraternity party during his sophomore year at Harvard.


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