Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ˈzʌkərbɜːrɡ/; born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding and leading Facebook as its chairman and chief executive officer.^[3][4]

Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg in 2014
Born	Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 (age 34) White Plains, New York, U.S.
Residence	Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Occupation	Technology entrepreneur philanthropist
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Co-founding and leading Facebook
Home town	Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.
Salary	One-dollar salary[1]
Net worth	US$76.7 billion[2](June 2018)
Spouse(s)	Priscilla Chan(m. 2012)
Children	2
Relatives	Randi Zuckerberg(sister)
Website	facebook.com/zuck
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Born in White Plains, New York, Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook from his dormitory room on February 4, 2004, with college roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.^[5] After the group began expanding the company across college campuses, it expanded rapidly, reaching one billion users by 2012. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. His net worth is estimated to be US$66.4 billion as of April 19, 2018.^[6]

Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year award.^[2][7][8] In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked 10th on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.^[9]