Mark Zuckerberg Biography<\/strong>
<\/h2><\/p>Name<\/strong><\/td>Mark Elliot Zuckerberg<\/td><\/tr> | Born<\/strong><\/td>May 14, 1984<\/td><\/tr> | Nationality<\/strong><\/td>American<\/td><\/tr> | Age<\/strong><\/td>39 years<\/td><\/tr> | Net Worth<\/strong><\/td>$113 billion<\/td><\/tr> | Spouse<\/strong><\/td>Priscilla Chan<\/td><\/tr> | Children<\/strong><\/td>Maxima Chan Zukerberg, August Chan Zukerberg<\/td><\/tr> | Father<\/strong><\/td>Edward Zuckerberg<\/td><\/tr> | Mother<\/strong><\/td>Karen Kempner<\/td><\/tr> | Born Country<\/strong><\/td>United States<\/td><\/tr> | Profession<\/strong><\/td>Chief Executive Officer of Facebook<\/td><\/tr> | Sister’s<\/strong><\/td>Arielle , Donna Zuckerberg , Randi Jayne Zuckerberg <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure> <\/p> Mark Zuckerberg: Birth and Family<\/strong><\/h2><\/p> <\/figure><\/div>Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, to Karen and Edward Zuckerberg in White Plains, New York. His father is a dentist and his mother is a psychiatrist. Mark Zuckerberg has three sisters– Randi, Donna and Arielle. <\/p> <\/p> Mark Zuckerberg: Education<\/strong><\/h2><\/p> <\/figure><\/div><\/p> Mark Zuckerberg did his schooling from Ardsley High School (1998-2000) and Phillips Exeter Academy (2000-2002) where he won several prizes in mathematics, astronomy, physics, and classical studies. He was also the school captain there. He also attended a summer camp at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Mark Zuckerberg enrolled himself at Harvard University (2002-2004). He even mentioned in his application form that he can read and write French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek. <\/p> <\/p> College Life & Development of Facebook<\/strong><\/h2>- While Mark Zuckerberg was in high school, he landed a job at a company called Intelligent Media Group to develop a music player called Synapse Media Player. He had already garnered a reputation as a programming prodigy when he enrolled in Harvard in 2002. As part of the class of 2006, he was pursuing degrees in psychology and computer science and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi and Kirkland House.<\/li>\n\n
- During his sophomore year, he developed a program that he named Facemash, which allowed the students to pick the best-looking person from a selection of photographs.<\/li>\n\n
- After being active during the weekend, Facemash was closed down by Harvard as it clogged one of its network switches and denied many students access to the internet. There were also complaints from many students about the use of their photographs without their consent. Zuckerberg eventually made a public apology.<\/li>\n\n
- In January 2004, he developed the code for his new website. On 4 February, he launched \u201cTheFacebook\u201d from his college dormitory. At first, their service was limited only to Harvard but later Zuckerberg decided to expand it to other schools.<\/li><\/ul>
<\/p> Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> Founding Facebook<\/strong><\/h2>The founding of Facebook has been scrutinized for years. While Zuckerberg played a pivotal role in the company\u2019s launch, there were many other students at Harvard who played major or minor roles in the company\u2019s startup.<\/p> As a Harvard student, Zuckerberg met fellow students and helped work on concepts like FaceMash, which allowed individuals to rate fellow students on attractiveness, and Harvard Connection, a networking site. Zuckerberg worked on both ideas and drew insights from them before launching his own project, named The Facebook.<\/p> <\/p> <\/figure><\/div><\/p> The founding was not without controversy. Other Harvard students, like Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss, and Tyler Winklevoss, sued Zuckerberg for alleged intellectual property theft from HarvardConnection.com.<\/p> After launching in 2004, it became an immediate hit. The first day saw up to 1,500 students sign up for the site. It quickly expanded to allow other universities to join before going public.<\/p> Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> Career<\/strong><\/h2>- In 2004, during his sophomore year, Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard and subsequently relocated to Silicon Valley. He, Moskovitz, and some of their friends rented a house in Palo Alto which became their office.<\/li>\n\n
- By mid-2004, they had already found several investors and moved their base of operation to an actual office. However, they repeatedly thwarted attempts by major corporations to purchase their fledgling company. As Zuckerberg later stated, the mission of Facebook is to make the world open; it was never about the money.<\/li>\n\n
- In July 2010, Zuckerberg announced that the number of active users on the app has reached 500 million. That year, he ranked first on Vanity Fair\u2019s list of the Top 100 “most influential people of the Information Age\u201d. In October 2012, they reached the one billion-user milestone. In June 2017, Zuckerberg reported that Facebook has garnered two billion users.<\/li>\n\n
- In August 2004, Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, Adam D’Angelo, and Sean Parker founded Wirehog, a peer-to-peer file sharing service. However, compared to its biggest competitor, i2hub, it garnered much less traction and was eventually shut down.<\/li>\n\n
- In May 2007, he launched Facebook Platform, an initiative that encourages third-party developers to create applications for Facebook. The present version of Facebook Platform was introduced in 2010.<\/li>\n\n
- In 2012, Facebook acquired the photo and video sharing social media platform, Instagram. Two years later, the company acquired the mobile messaging app, WhatsApp.<\/li>\n\n
- In August 2013, Facebook, Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm launched a project called Internet.org to usher in better and more affordable access to selected internet services in under-developed and developing countries.<\/li>\n\n
- Zuckerberg has met world leaders, such as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the technology infrastructure in those countries. While Facebook is banned in China, the people of the country hold Zuckerberg in high regard.<\/li><\/ul>
<\/p> Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth<\/strong><\/h2><\/p>Net Worth (2024)<\/strong><\/td>$125 Billion<\/td><\/tr> | Net Worth In Indian Rupees<\/strong><\/td>10 Lakh Crore<\/td><\/tr> | Profession<\/strong><\/td>Businessmen<\/td><\/tr> | Monthly Income<\/strong><\/td>$1 Billion +<\/td><\/tr> | Yearly Income<\/strong><\/td>$12 Billion +<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure> <\/p> Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> Relationship<\/strong><\/h2>- August — Daughter<\/li>\n\n
- Maxima Chan Zuckerberg — Daughter<\/li>\n\n
- Edward Zuckerberg — Father<\/li>\n\n
- Karen (n\u00e9e Kempner) — Mother<\/li>\n\n
- Arielle — Sister<\/li>\n\n
- Donna Zuckerberg — Sister<\/li>\n\n
- Randi Jayne Zuckerberg — Sister<\/li>\n\n
- Priscilla Chan — Wife<\/li><\/ul>
Becoming Meta Platforms<\/strong><\/h2><\/p> <\/figure><\/div><\/p> In October 2021, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would now be called Meta Platforms. The decision was made to focus more broadly on social technology and virtual reality, rather than just Facebook. The purchase of Oculus VR and other artificial intelligence companies help highlight this transition. Zuckerberg hopes to become a leader in fully immersive experiences in the metaverse.<\/p> Mark Zuckerberg: Famous Quotes<\/strong><\/h2>- By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.<\/li>\n\n
- When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.<\/li>\n\n
- The web is at a really important turning point right now. Up until recently, the default on the web has been that most things aren\u2019t social, and most things don\u2019t use your real identity. We\u2019re building toward a web where the default is social.<\/li>\n\n
- With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts.<\/li>\n\n
- Understanding people is not a waste of time.<\/li>\n\n
- What Facebook is today isn’t a set of information, it’s a community of people who are using Facebook to stay connected and share information. They are only going to do that as long as they trust us.<\/li>\n\n
- Everything I do breaks, but I fix it quickly.<\/li>\n\n
- Apps aren\u2019t the centre of the world. People are.<\/li>\n\n
- Facebook is in a very different place than Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft. We are trying to build a community.<\/li>\n\n
- A lot of people who are worried about privacy and those kinds of issues will take any minor misstep that we make and turn it into as big a deal as possible.<\/li><\/ul>
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