Mark Zuckerberg: from college dropout to billionaire
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Mark Zuckerburg – The Face Behind Facebook
If you’ve ever engaged with social media, there’s a strong chance you’re familiar with Facebook. The individual responsible for co-founding this platform in 2004, which has since been rebranded as Meta, is none other than Mark Zuckerberg.
This self-educated computer programmer currently holds the position of CEO at this tech powerhouse. The social media giant has 2.74 billion monthly active users.
As of September 2023, Zuckerberg’s net worth is estimated at $108 billion, making him the 10th richest person in the world. At the beginning of 2022, Zuckerberg was worth $125 billion.
Early Years
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg Born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, he displayed a keen interest in computers from a young age. He began learning the BASIC programming language at a local college and, impressively, by the age of 12, he had already developed an instant messaging application that his father utilized in his office.
Zuckerberg initially enrolled at Harvard University but made the decision to drop out during his second year to focus on the development of Facebook. Facebook emerged from two earlier platforms he had created, namely FaceMash and HarvardConnection.com.
The former was a website that ranked Harvard students based on their attractiveness, while the latter served as an early online social networking platform.
In 2004, initiated “The Facebook” alongside a group of friends from his dorm room and made the decision to leave school in 2005, following his second year, in order to dedicate his full attention to the social network.
Collaborating with Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz, he set out to establish a social networking platform initially tailored exclusively for Harvard students. Nevertheless, the platform swiftly broadened its reach to include additional colleges and universities, experiencing rapid growth.
During Facebook’s nascent stages, Zuckerberg didn’t exhibit the polished image he does today. In fact, he once possessed business cards that bore the phrase, “I’m CEO, B—-.”
Remarkably, Zuckerberg’s company secured its Series A round of funding, totaling $12.7 million, while he was still barely of legal drinking age.
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