Mark Zuckerberg

In October 2021, he ranked fifth on the list of the world's richest people with a net worth of $ 122 billion.

Birthplace and Education. Born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, USA, into a Jewish family. His father is a dentist, and his mother is a psychiatrist. His grandparents came from Germany, Austria, and Poland. In school, he was involved in programming computers and developed a network version of the game 'Risk'.

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Mark Zuckerberg did not complete his college education: in 2002, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he studied psychology until 2004. At the same time, Mark attended IT courses. His interests included 'C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, VBscript, JavaScript, PHP, and ASP'. Zuckerberg has referred to himself multiple times as a professional hacker.

Career. After rejecting offers from AOL and Microsoft, he enrolled in Harvard University in the psychology program. Together with Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz, Zuckerberg began developing the social network Facebook at Harvard University, funded by Brazilian student Eduardo Saverin. The attempt to oust Saverin from the company leadership in 2005 resulted in a lawsuit. In January 2009, he met Yuri Milner in Palo Alto. On May 26, 2009, an agreement was signed under which DST bought 1.96% of Facebook shares for $200 million.

Facebook. Zuckerberg became wealthy due to the innate human need for communication and their pursuit of information. In February 2004, he founded the social network Facebook, which offered users the opportunity to publish photos and information about themselves: from scientific and creative interests to gastronomic and romantic interests. Within four years, the common social portal of the university became a popular internet address for millions of registered users. Facebook gained popularity among students primarily due to convenient self-organization into groups, courses, and parties that already existed offline at universities. By the end of December 2008, more than 80,000 active participants were registered on the website, and by November 2009, this number had risen to 350,000, with the number of users continually growing. In most English-speaking countries, it is the most popular social network. Originally intended as a website for communication among Harvard students, Facebook became the world's first social network. Today, Forbes magazine estimates the annual revenue of the website at $150 million. Financial Status. Due to his wealth, Mark Zuckerberg became the youngest billionaire in history, owning 24% of Facebook. In March 2010, Forbes magazine named him one of the youngest billionaires in its list with a net worth of $4 billion. In the list of the richest Americans published by Forbes in September 2010, Zuckerberg ranked 29th with a net worth of $7 billion. At the beginning of 2010, his net worth was estimated at $6.9 billion, and by 2010, it increased by 245%. In the list of the 400 richest people in the USA published by Forbes in 2011, Zuckerberg ranked 14th with a net worth of $17.5 billion.

On March 10, 2013, Mark Zuckerberg was listed among the top 10 youngest billionaires, ranking second according to Forbes. His net worth was $13.3 billion. On September 16, 2013, Mark Zuckerberg was again listed at 20th place in the Forbes list with a personal wealth of $19 billion, the same position as in 2011, before Facebook's IPO in May 2012.

In December 2014, Mark ranked 14th in the Forbes Top 15 with a net worth of $33.6 billion.

In January 2018, Mark Zuckerberg's fortune was estimated at $74 billion.

In July 2018, he became the third richest person on Earth after Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates with $81.6 billion, surpassing Warren Buffett.

According to Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg's fortune in May 2023 was $89.9 billion, making him the leader in capital gains among billionaires since the beginning of the year (up $44.3 billion).

Awards. In 2010, Time magazine named Zuckerberg Person of the Year. Since 2010, Mark has been ranked among the most influential people in the world by Forbes. In 2018, he ranked 13th in this ranking, although he had previously reached 10th place.

Philanthropy. In December 2015, Zuckerberg announced that he would give away almost all of his wealth.