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Mark was born to parents Edward (a dentist) and Karen (a psychiatrist).
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In middle school, Mark begins to create computer programs based on games like Chess and Risk
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With his friends, Mark formed Intelligent Media Group in high school. Their first creation was an online music player that chooses songs based on the user's interests.
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Mark heads to Harvard University to further his education.
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In his Harvard dorm room, Mark creates the website that will eventually be known as Facebook. The original name was "The Photo Address Book."
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Now that Facebook is becoming popular, Mark drops out of school and moves to California to chase his Facebook dream.
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Mark is named the world's youngest billionaire by Forbes Magazine. His current net worth is $6 billion dollars.
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Facebook announces that 500 million people are now members of the site. Not only does this make it the biggest social network by far, but also larger than most countries in the world.
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Mark donates $100 million dollars to Newark, NJ Public Schools. Many people believe he did this to counter-act the negative image he has in the media.
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Mark's life is turned into movie "The Social Network," with Jesse Eisenberg playing the role of Mark. The movie protrays Mark in a mostly negative way.
