Mark Zuckerberg Born in White Plains (United States) on 14/05/1984 Mark Zuckerberg is the creator of the world-famous Facebook social network. Born in 1984 in a Jewish family in New York, Mark Zuckerberg is a small computer genius since he was young, designing his first programs as a teenager.
At 18, he entered the prestigious Harvard University, and it is there, in 2004, he created the website The Facebook.
Initially intended for students of the school, the social network, with its success, is quickly extended to other universities and the general public, now gathering over a billion users around the world. Soon, Mark Zuckerberg becomes billionaire, the youngest on the planet, thanks to his revolutionary idea. But in 2008, as part of a friendly settlement process, he is forced to pay close to $ 65 million to former Harvard classmates who accuse him of stealing their concept.
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg is voted "Personality of the Year" and "Most Influential Personality of the World" by the famous Time magazine. Also in this period is David Fincher's film The social network, inspired by the biography "The revenge of a loner, the true story of Facebook", which traces the creation of the famous social network. In 2012, the Facebook company goes public, making Mark Zuckerberg one of the 20 richest men on the planet. The same year, he shared on the social network the announcement of his marriage with a Chinese American pediatrician, Priscilla Chan, met in 2003.