Profession: Founder of Facebook
Biography: Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook and serves as the current CEO of its parent company, Meta Platforms. He is currently the 4th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $176 billion in June of 2024.
He was born in 1984 in New York and showed an early interest in computers, creating software for his father's dental office while still in high school. Later Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook in 2004 with his roommates.
The platform quickly expanded from a Harvard-exclusive network to a global phenomenon. In 2012, Zuckerberg took Facebook public, becoming the world's youngest self-made billionaire at age 23.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are known for their philanthropic efforts through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. They have pledged to donate most of their Facebook shares to various causes. Zuckerberg has also faced controversies and legal issues related to user privacy and data handling, testifying before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions.
In his personal life, Zuckerberg married Priscilla Chan in 2012, and they have three daughters. He is known for his interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts. Zuckerberg's early career and the founding of Facebook were portrayed in the 2010 film "The Social Network" (2010), with Jesse Eisenberg playing the role of Zuckerberg.
Born: May 14, 1984
Birthplace: White Plains, New York, USA
Age: 40 years old
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Taurus
Historical Events
- 2004-02-04 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room
- 2008-10-04 Mark Zuckerberg announces the appointment of Google executive Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook COO
- 2015-08-24 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that for the 1st time 1 billion people logged into Facebook
- 2015-09-14 14 yr old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb - Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets
- 2015-12-01 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan found the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with a view to "advancing human potential and promoting equality"
- 2016-04-12 Breakthrough Starshot: Scientists and internet entrepreneurs, including Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg, announce interstellar project to send robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
- 2016-09-21 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to medical research to "cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century"
- 2017-05-25 Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg receives an honorary degree from Harvard University, after dropping out in 2004
- 2017-06-27 Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook has reached 2 billion monthly users
- 2018-03-18 US Senator Amy Klobuchar calls on Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary in wake in data mining scandal with Cambridge Analytica
- 2018-03-21 Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg admits they "made mistakes" after data on 50 million users is harvested by Cambridge Analytica
- 2018-04-10 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security
- 2018-05-22 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned by members of the European parliament in Brussels in wake of its security scandal
- 2019-03-06 Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to turn the social media platform into a more "privacy-focused platform"
- 2021-01-07 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg blocks President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram till January 20, following suspension of his other social media accounts the previous day
- 2021-10-28 Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta amid increased public scrutiny over leaked internal documents
- 2024-01-31 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online
Personal Life
- 2012-05-19 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (28) weds his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan at a small ceremony in Palo Alto, California
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