Biography of Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (C.E.O of Facebook)


Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Born May 14, 1984 (Now 29 years) is an American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur.
Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York. He is the son of Karen (née Kempner), a psychiatrist, and Edward Zuckerberg, a dentist.He and his three sisters, Randi, Donna, and Arielle, were brought up in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Zuckerberg was raised Jewish, had his bar mitzvah when he turned and has since described himself as an atheist.He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook. As of April 2013, Zuckerberg is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc. and in 2013 his personal wealth was estimated to be US$16.8 billion.Together with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, Zuckerberg launched Facebook from Harvard's dormitory rooms.
The group then introduced Facebook onto other campuses nationwide.Shortly afterwards. In 2007, at the age of 23, Zuckerberg became a billionaire as a result of Facebook and the number of Facebook users worldwide reached a total of one billion in 2012.
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room on February 4, 2004.
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." "Mark was clearly on to great things" Zuckerberg said "It's not because of the amount of money, the most important thing is that we create an open information flow for people. Having media corporations owned by conglomerates is just not an attractive idea to me"
"The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open."
Note: Success is as a result of proffering solutions to problems.
Lessons
-Mark drew inspiration from his environment.
-Mark didn't consider his limitations.
-Mark was creative and innovative.
-Mark knew the essentials of team work and worked with his friends.
-Mark proffered solution to a problem, which now made him rich.

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