Thursday, March 3, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg - American entrepreneur and software developer, ceo/President of Facebook

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American entrepreneur and software developer best recognized for creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is CEO and president. It was co-founded as a private business in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University. In 2010, Zuckerberg was named Time magazine's personality of the Year. Zuckerberg voiced himself on an episode of The Simpsons, "Loan-a Lisa", which primary aired on October 3, 2010.

In the episode, Lisa Simpson and her friend Nelson encounter Zuckerberg at an entrepreneurs' meeting. Zuckerberg tells Lisa that she does not require graduating from college to be wildly successful, referencing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as examples. Zuckerberg founded the Start-up: Education charity. On September 22, 2010, it was information that Zuckerberg had arranged to donate $100 million to Newark Public Schools, the public school system of Newark, New Jersey. On December 8, 2010, Zuckerberg released a report that he had become a signatory of The Giving Pledge.

http://the-american-history.blogspot.com/

Born Name

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Date of Birth

May 14, 1984

Place of Birth

White Plains, New York

Nationality

American

Occupation

CEO/President of Facebook

Known for

Co-founding Facebook in 2004; becoming world's youngest billionaire as of 2008

Net worth

increase US$12.5 billion

Awards

Time Person of the Year 2010

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