1. By Kornishina Anastasia
www.facebook.com/anastasiakornishina
“Understanding people is not a waste of time”
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
2. Date of birth: May 14, 1984
Place of birth: Dobbs Ferry, New York
Parents: father – dentist, mother - psychiatrist
Siblings: a brother and two sisters
3. Mark entered Harvard in 2002.
He worked on the social network
Harvard Connected (later dropped off).
Created The facebook along with his
friends (by the end of 2004 it had 1
million users).
4. In 2005 Accel Partners invested $12.7 million into the network.
To December Facebook reached 2005 5.5 million users.
In 2006 Zuckerberg was claimed to having stolen the idea of Facebook from Harvard
Connected.
5. 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.
"With a generation of younger folks who
have thrived on the success of their
companies, there is a big opportunity for
many of us to give back earlier in our
lifetime and see the impact of our
philanthropic efforts”.
Check out the video with Mark’s mini-biography!
M. Zuckerberg
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7. In less than seven years, Zuckerberg wired together a
twelfth of humanity into a single
network, thereby creating a social entity almost
twice as large as the U.S. If Facebook
were a country it would be the third largest,
behind only China and India.
That is why he was called Person
of the Year.
8. Breaking news: Mark Zuckerberg wore a
suit!
Oh, and he got married.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are
finally married after dating on and off for
nine years, since the couple’s Harvard
days.
9. You can easily find an internet shop Mark by Mark Zuckerberg.
It’s just PERFECT for programmers like Mark.
Check it out!
15. On October 1, 2012 Mark visited Russia.
What did he do here?
• Talked to the Russia’s Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev;
• Visited Russia’s late night show
Vechernij Urgant;
• Had a meeting with Moscow State
University’s students.
