Mark Zuckerberg, in full Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, (born May 14, 1984, White Plains, New York, U.S.), American computer programmer who was cofounder and CEO (2004– ) of Facebook, a social networking Web site. After attending Phillips Exeter Academy, Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University in 2002. On February 4, 2004, he launched thefacebook.com (renamed Facebook in 2005), a directory in which fellow Harvard students entered their own information and photos into a template that he had devised. Within two weeks half of the student body had signed up. Zuckerberg’s roommates, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, helped him add features and make the site available to other campuses across the country. Facebook quickly became popular as registered users could create profiles, upload photos and other media, and keep in touch with friends. It differed from other social networking sites, however, in its emphasis on real names (and e-mail addresses), or “trusted connections.” It also laid particular emphasis on networking, with information disseminated not only to each individual’s network of friends but also to friends of friends—what Zuckerberg called the “social graph.”
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| Nickname(s) | Zuck, Princely |
| Profession | Computer Programmer, Internet Entrepreneur |
| Date Of Birth | 14 May 1984 |
| Birth Place | White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Religion | Buddhism and Christianity |
| Nationality | American |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Early Life & Family
Zuckerberg began using computers and writing software in middle school. In high school, he built a program that allowed all the computers between his house and his father's dental office to communicate with each other. During Zuckerberg's high-school years, he worked to build a music player called the Synapse Media Player. The device used machine learning to learn the user's listening habits, which was posted to Slashdot and received a rating of 3 out of 5 from PC Magazine. A New Yorker profile said of Zuckerberg: "some kids played computer games. Mark created them."
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| Parents | Father- Edward Zuckerberg, Mother- Karen |
| Siblings | Brother- None, Sisters- Randi, Donna, and Arielle |
Hobbies & Interests
Zuckerberg’s metaverse will be influenced by his financial interests and his strategic impulses, but also by his tastes. In his world, he could become our architect, decorator, concert promoter, film distributor, fitness guru, curator and stylist, or at least their boss. It’s time to assess Zuckerberg not only as a corporate leader but as a cultural one.
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| Favorite Food | Mexican and Japanese Food |
| Favorite Music | Lady Gaga, Daft Punk |
| Favorite color | Blue |
Education & Career
The following semester, in January 2004, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website. On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com, in partnership with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. An earlier inspiration for Facebook may have come from Phillips Exeter Academy, the prep school from which Zuckerberg graduated in 2002. It published its own student directory, "The Photo Address Book", which students referred to as "The Facebook". Such photo directories were an important part of the student social experience at many private schools. With them, students were able to list attributes such as their class years, their friends, and their telephone numbers.
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| School | Ardsley High School, New York Phillips Exeter Academy |
| College | Harvard University, USA Mercy College |
| Educational Qualification | Graduation |
Personal Life
Zuckerberg met his future wife, fellow Harvard student Priscilla Chan, at a frat party during his sophomore year there. They began dating in 2003. In September 2010, Chan, who was by then a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, moved into Zuckerberg's rented house in Palo Alto, California. On May 19, 2012, they married in the grounds of his mansion in an event that also celebrated her graduation from medical school. On July 31, 2015, Zuckerberg revealed that they were expecting a baby girl and that Chan had previously experienced three miscarriages. Their daughter, Maxima Chan Zuckerberg, was born on December 1, 2015. They announced in a Chinese New Year video that their daughter's Chinese name is Chen Mingyu (Chinese: 陈明宇).[186] Their second daughter, August, was born in August 2017. The couple also have a Puli dog named Beast, who has over two million followers on Facebook. In 2017, Zuckerberg and his wife began a nationwide tour "to visit every state in the union and learn more about a sliver of the nearly two billion people who regularly use the social network". He met with farmers, business owners and even spoke at Mother Emanuel where the 2015 shooting took place.
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| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Date | 19 May 2012 |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Not Known |
| Wife | Priscilla Chan |
| Children | Son- None, Daughters- Maxima Chan Zuckerberg (Nickname-Max) and August |
Lifestyle
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp’s billionaire CEO was criticised for buying swathes of land in Hawaii – some called him a colonist, but he bought more anyway He lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife Priscilla Chan and kids and drives a Pagani Huayra – on par with Ferrari and Lamborghini – along with his more humble Honda
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| Net Worth | $123 billion (as of October 2021) |
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| House/Estate | Palo Alto Mansion |
Unknown Facts
- Does Mark Zuckerberg smoke?: Not Known
- Does Mark Zuckerberg drink?: Yes
- Mark Zuckerberg started programming at a young age–when he was only 12 years old, he created a messaging program that his father used in his dental office, allowing the receptionist to notify him of new patients without shouting across the office.
- His parents hired a computer tutor to work with the young Zuckerberg, but the tutor soon realized that it was very difficult to stay ahead of his pupil, referring to him as a “prodigy.”
- Zuckerberg was approached by several multi-national companies with job offers (including AOL and Microsoft) before he even graduated high school, but Zuckerberg rejected them all.
- Zuckerberg built a product called ZuckNet, just for his family. His father was able to send an instant message to anyone in the house and visa versa. It was, essentially, an early version of AOL’s Instant Messenger.
- Mark co-founded Facebook along with three other college mates and fellow students: Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.
- Facebook is blue because Zuckerberg is red-green color blind. “Blue is the richest color for me. I can see all of blue,” Once he told ABC News.
- Zuckerberg started dating Priscilla Chan in 2003. She’s from Boston and the daughter of Chinese-Vietnamese refugees.
- “The Social Network” is a movie based on his life.
