Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was interested in computers and programming since his childhood. He started programming at a young age when he was just twelve years old. He developed more skills in computer programming and created computer games together with his friends.
His father hired a private computer teacher David Newman. But according to David Newman, it is challenging to teach Mark because he was already studying at nearby Mercy College. Mark was fulfilled with lots of talent since his childhood. He also excelled in literature and earning a diploma in classics. Later, Mark continued to work on developing new programs and created an early version of the music software Pandora which he named Synapse Media Player. Several companies, including AOL and Microsoft, showed their interest in buying that music software and hiring him before graduation, but he declined the offers.
Here he built a program called CourseMatch. With the help of this program, students could choose their classes based on the course selection of other users. He also invented another software named Facemash, which compared the pictures of two students on campus and allowed users to vote on which one was more attractive. It became widely popular But it was later discontinued after it was considered inappropriate by the school administration.
Later he took part in the project of creating a social networking site by the three fellow students of Harvard University. But Mark dropped out this project in midway to work on his own social networking site.
Zuckerberg is also an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is also the co-founder and board member of the solar sail spacecraft development project Breakthrough Starshot. His father is a dentist and his mother is a psychiatrist. Mark Zuckerberg has three sisters-- Randi, Donna and Arielle.
Both of them began dating in In September , Zuckerberg invited Priscilla Chan to move into his rented house.
On July 31, , Zuckerberg announced that after three miscarriages, the couple is expecting a baby girl. On December 1, , the couple announced the birth of their first daughter, Maxima Chan Zuckerberg. On August 28, , the couple announced the birth of their second daughter, August Chan Zuckerberg. The couple pet a dog named Beast which has more than two million followers on Facebook. Facebook buys 9. Mark Zuckerberg did his schooling from Ardsley High School and Phillips Exeter Academy where he won several prizes in mathematics, astronomy, physics, and classical studies.
He was also the school captain there. Mark Zuckerberg enrolled himself at Harvard University He even mentioned in his application form that he can read and write French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek. Zuckerberg started taking a graduate course parallelly at Mercy College. Users would look at two pictures of people of the same sex and pick which was the "hottest," and the software compiled and ranked the results.
It was an astounding success, but it bogged down the network at Harvard, people's pictures were being used without their permission, and it was offensive to people, particularly women's groups, on campus. Zuckerberg ended the project and apologized to the women's groups, saying he thought of it as a computer experiment. Harvard put him on probation.
Zuckerberg's roommates at Harvard included Chris Hughes, a literature and history major; Billy Olson, a theater major; and Dustin Moskovitz, who was studying economics. There is no doubt that the conversational stew that occurred among them spurred and enhanced many of the ideas and projects that Zuckerberg was working on.
While at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg founded TheFacebook, an application intended to be a reliable directory based on real information about students at Harvard. That software eventually led to the February launch of Facebook. In September , Zuckerberg and Chan began living together, and on May 19, , they were married.
Today, Chan is a pediatrician and philanthropist. The Zuckerberg family is of Jewish heritage, although Mark has stated he is an atheist. Together, he and his wife founded the philanthropic Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, to leverage technology to support the aims of science, education, justice, and opportunity.
Mark is currently president and chief executive officer of Facebook and works at the company's office in Menlo Park, California. Other company executives include chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and chief financial officer Mike Ebersman. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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