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The Birth Of a Computer Prodigy
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14,1984 in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Ed and Donna Zuckerberg (Marks parents) have four total children, Donna, Randi, Arielle, and Mark. Later in Marks life his father hires David Newman to help Mark excel in computer programing. -
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The Life of a Computer Geniuas
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The Start of a Long Computer Carreer
When Mark Zuckerberg was 13 years old he created his first social website. It was called ZuckNet. He created the website at his house. ZuckNet was used to help his dad communicate with the secratery at his office. The exact date of when ZuckNet was created is unknown be we do know that he created it in the year of 1997. -
High School for a Genius
Mark Zuckerberg attended high school at Ardsley High for two years. After his sophmore year he transferred to Phillips Exter Academy. Mark Went to high school from 1999-2002 but the exct date is unknown. This is when he started creating a lot of computer software. In high school Mark made an early version of Pandora called Synapse, most of Marks software was simple yet addictive. -
Going to Harvard
In the year of 2002(exact date unknown) Mark decided to attend Harvard University to study phsychology and computer programing. While he was in college he created two popular websites, Facemach, and CourseMatch. Mark also started to create Facebook. -
Influencing Zuckerberg
In 2003(exact date unknown) Mark had started to create Facebook. There where many other wbesites that had influenced Mark. Websites liek CourseMatch, Facemash, Friendster, and Myspace had the biggest influence on Mark. Mark started to creat Facebook in his Harvard Dorm. -
Harvard Drop Out
Mark Zuckerberg made a big decsion in the year of 2004(month and date unkown). He was either to finish his four years at Harvard or he was to drop out to work on Facebook. He decided to drop out becouse Facebook was such a big hit, and Mark didn't have the time to attend school and work on Facebook at the same time. -
The Begining of Facebook
In 2004(exact date is unknown) Mark Zuckerberg finished creating Facebook. The main reson for Facebook was that so college students could communicate. Facebook was creating in Marks dorm Elpha Epsilon Pi. Soon though Mark realizes Facebook is going to be a huge hit nationwide, and the become a hit worldwide -
A Bad Beginning
In 2004 there was a lawsuit fillied on Mark Zuckerberg. The Winklevoss brothers and Divya Narendra were outraged because they said Mark had stolen the idea of Facebook from them. They were all former college roommates at Harvard University. -
A Growing Population
In 2005(no exact date) Facebook is booming with users. It grew from a site for college students to a site for the world. Facebook had over 5.5 million users worldiwde. Computers became cheaper, and the internet was more accesible for the people. That is one of the main reasons it's so popular, but there is also the influence form others to persuade you to join. -
A Young Billionare
In 2007 Mark Zuckerberg was named the world's youngest billionare. He made billion by advertising certain thing on Facebook. -
Ending a Lawsuit
In 2008 Mark Zuckerberg ended a lawsuit with the Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra. The Winklevoss group recieved 20 million dollars in cash and 1,253,326 shares of Facebook stock. Finally, the Winklevoss group got there share for there "stolen ideas". -
A Giving Man
Mark Zuckerberg donated 100 million dolars to a line of New Jersey schools in 2010. He donated to the school for the amin reason to save the schools from closing. Mark donates to many other things like foster homes, hospitals, the enviroment, and the community. -
Billion Dollar Franchise
IN 2010 Facebook became worth 50 billion dollars. The Facebook network station is in California. Facebook became worth so much money because other people knew Facebook is worth a lot and they could make money off of it. -
Changing Communication
Mark Zuckerberg was named the "Person of the Year" in 2010. The ceremony was held in New York. He was given this award because he changed the way people communicate through the web. -
Popular Website
In 2010 the Facebook group passed Google as the most popular website in the U.S. About 2/3 of the users on Facebook went on at least twice a day. Facebook is a growing population and still is. -
Finally Married
May 19, 2012 Mark finally married his long time girlfriend Priscilla Chan after dating for a long time. They got married in Palo Alto, California. They have been dating since there Harvard years. They recently bought a new house in Palo Alto, and they just got a new dog.
