Mark Zuckerberg: Founder of Facebook

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Young Entrepreneurs

Mark Zuckerberg (age 24) was born May 14, 1984. He is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. A Harvard dropout, he is credited with developing and launching the online social networking website Facebook with the help of fellow Harvard student and computer science major Andrew McCollum as well as roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He now serves as Facebook’s CEO.

In 2008, Forbes Magazine declared him ”youngest billionaire on earth and possibly the youngest self-made billionaire ever”, with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion USD. However, the validity of this label has also been met with controversy.

Mark Zuckerberg was born to a Jewish-American family and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He’s a dentist’s son. He first attended Ardsley High School and then the Phillips Exeter Academy where he was a resident of Browning House.

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