1. It's Mark Zuckerberg. The second youngest billionaire of the
world , The Facebook founder, chairman and CEO.
The Social Network 'hero'.
2. Born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York
to Edward and Karen Zuckerberg
Grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York
Jewish family
His dad is a dentist and his mom is a doctor
3. While in high school, Zuckerberg co-developed a
music app called Synapse Media Player.
Tech giants Microsoft and AOL reportedly offered
Zuckerberg a million dollars to further develop the
app as well as wanted to hire him. Zuckerberg
instead chose to join Harvard University.
4. While studying at the Harvard university Mark Zuckerberg, developed "Facemash,"
a website that asked users to judge students' attractiveness based on their dorm-
directory photos.
However, the site didnt go well with authorities and many students. On February 4
2004 Zuckerberg launched Thefacebook.com, a social network that allowed users to
create basic profiles including personal information and photos. Initially, Facebook
was supposed to be a networking site for university grads, but was thrown open for
everybody in 2006.
Facebook has three other co-founders, all college roommates and fellow students of
Harvard University; Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes
5. THE FINANCIAL SIDE
The very first investor in Facebook was technically
Zuckerberg’s friend from Harvard, Eduardo Saverin.
He invested $15,000 to pay for the first Servers
Although Saverin was the really the first, the person
who gets the most credit for being the first investor is
Peter Theil, former PayPal CEO, who invested
$500,000 in June 2004
6. MARK ZUCKERBERG TODAY
Zuckerberg has a net
worth of $34.8 billion
(Approx. Rs. 22,810 Crore)
He is the youngest
billionaire in the world at
the age of 24 .
The co-founder CEO &
President of Facebook does
not care about money. He
denied a 1 billion dollar
(Approx. Rs. 4500 Crore)
offering by yahoo to sell
Facebook. This is his baby, he
wants to keep running and
keep growing it.
7. INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT MARK
Microsoft wanted to invest in Facebook but was
originally turned down. Now they own 1.6% of the
company’s shares
Facebook has over 3000 + full time employees.
On November 30, 2007 the 11th richest man in the
world, Li Ka-shing, invested $60 million dollars
(Approx. Rs. 300 Crore) in the company.
Over 1 billion photos and 10 million videos are
uploaded to Facebook each month.
The age group that uses Facebook the most is 18-34
years.
Zuckerberg donated $100 million (Approx. Rs. 450
crore) to the Newark, New Jersey school system on
September 22, 2010. This event was reported in The
Social Network movie.
8. on May 19, 2012, Mark Zuckerberg
married his long time girlfriend
Priscilla Chan
In 2010,Facebook debuted on the NASDAQ
stock exchange at 38 dollars per share and a
market capitalization of 104 billion dollars
making it one of the largest companies in the
Silicon Valley and the world.
9. WHY MARK IS A GREAT ENTREPRENUER
He Truly Believed In What He Was Doing
He’s Always Prepared To Take Criticism
He Loves To Dream Big
He Is Not Afraid To Take Great Risks
He Learnt To Be Exclusive
He Was Never Put Off By Competition
He Was Clear About His Mission & Saw It
Through
