Founder and CEO of Facebook

“By giving people

the power to
share, we’re
making the world
more transparent”.
Early Life
• Born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York
• Jewish family
• His father, Edward, is a dentist
• His mother, Karen, was a psychiatrist until the couple
began having children
• Mark has 3 siblings: Randi, Donna and Arielle
Where did he start?
• At age 12, he used Atari BASIC to create his first messaging
programme, which he names “Zucknet”.
• While in high school, he created an early version of the music
software Pandora. He called it "Synapse".
• During his time at Harvard University, he created “Coursematch”
which helped students choose their classes.
• He also invented “Facemash” which allowed users to vote who was
more attractive between two students.
Facebook
• Mark Zuckerberg is best known for inventing Facebook
• Whist studying at Harvard, he came up with an idea for a social
networking site, with help from his friends, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris
Hughes and Eduardo Saverin.
• This site allowed users to create profiles, upload pictures, and
communicate with other users. They called it "The Facebook".
• The site was ran from a Harvard dorm room until June 2004, when
Zuckerberg dropped out of school to devote his time to The
Facebook.
• By the end of 2004, Facebook had reached 1 million users.
Mark faces his first dilemma
• In 2004, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra filed a
lawsuit against Zuckerberg, claiming he agreed to help them start a social
networking site called “Harvard Connection”.
• A few month after thefacebook.com was launched, they launched their site
which they renamed ConnectU.
• In September 2004 ConnectU sued Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their
idea.
• In February 2008 they agreed to settle the suit but, in June of the same
year, ConnectU appealed the settlement accusing Facebook of trading its
stock without disclosing material information.
• Facebook agreed to pay $20 million in cash, and transfer over 1.2 million
common shares.
Charitable Mark
• In September 2010, he donated $100 million to save the failing
Newark Public Schools system in New Jersey.
• In December 2010, Zuckerberg signed the "Giving Pledge", promising
to donate at least 50 percent of his wealth to charity over the course
of his lifetime.
• After his donation, Zuckerberg called on other young, wealthy
entrepreneurs to follow suit.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/#6616bbda3e06
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