-
Zuckerberg born
Mark Zuckerberg was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York into a familiy of 4 kids and to the parents of Edward and Karen Zuckerberg. -
Period: to
Life of Zuckerberg
-
"Zucknet" was created.
Mark Zuckerberg had an interest of computers at an early age. At the age of 12, he created "Zucknet", a messaging program created on ATARI basic (The computer in the picture) . His father used this program to help him as a dentist at work. He continued to make computer games with his friends in his free time. -
Synapse is created.
While at Phillips Exeter Academy, Zuckerberg created a pandora-like software called Synapse. He became known as the go-to software developer. -
Mark attends Phillips Exeter Academy.
As a junior in highschool, Mark Zuckerberg attended Phillips Exeter Academy where he won tons of prizes in the subjects of math, astronomy, and physics. -
Zuckerberg attends Harvard.
Within months of attending Harvard, Zuckerberg was already known as "a programming prodigy". He studied pyschology and computer science and later joined Alpha Epsilon Pi. It was here at Harvard where Zuckerberg created many of his pre-social networking websites. -
Launches Facemash
A web programme enabling Harvard students to compare images of same-gender students and rate the more attractive - and nearly gets kicked out when its immediate popularity draws the attention of the university administrators. -
Facebook is launched.
Zuckerberg and his friends Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin created a site that allowed people to create their own profiles, upload photos, and communnicate with people all around the world. This soon to be social networking phenomenon was called "The Facebook". -
Zuckerberg drops out of Harvard.
In June 2004, Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard in order to devote himself to Facebook full time. -
The Facebook" to "Facebook"
The world changing website, "The Facebook", is officially changed to "Facebook". At this point, the website is worth about $200,000. -
Zuckerberg is sued.
The Winklevoss twins file a lawsuit against Zuckerberg claiming he ripped off their idea for a new social network. After the lawsuit, Zuckerberg paid a fine of $65 million. -
Turndown to Yahoo
At 22 years of age, Zuckerberg turns down an estimated $1 billion dollar offer for Facebook from Yahoo. -
Hits!
Facebook hits 5 million users. -
Turndown to Microsoft
Opens Facebook beyond universities so anyone with an email address can join; turns down a $15 billion offer from Microsoft. -
"Like" button invented.
n February 2009, the like button is added to Facebook allowing people to "like" statuses and pictures. This causes a huge spark in Facebook users. -
China
China blocks domestic access to Facebook. -
"Social Network"
Hollywood movie The Social Network is released documenting Zuckerberg's time at Harvard and the early days of Facebook.It received 8 academy award nominations. Zuckerberg was greatly offended by the way in which he was portrayed. -
Time Magazine
Named Time magazine’s person of the year. -
Facebook hits 175 million users.
After only 5 years, Facebook already has over 175 million users, increasing more and more each year. -
1 billion
Facebook projected to reach 1 billion users