A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

FACEBOOK
FINDER

*MARK ZUCKERBERG*

MARK ELLIOT ZUCKERBERG IS AN AMERICAN COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AND INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR CO-CREATING THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE FACEBOOK.

HISTORY
ZUCKERBERG WAS BORN IN 1984 IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK TO KAREN, A PSYCHIATRIST, AND EDWARD ZUCKERBERG, A DENTIST. HE AND HIS THREE SISTERS, RANDI, DONNA, AND ARIELLE, WERE BROUGHT UP IN DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK.

INTEREST IN PROGRAMMING
ZUCKERBERG SHOWED SIGNS OF
INTELLIGENCE FROM AN EARLY AGE, AND AN INTEREST IN PROGRAMMING. COMPUTER PROGRAMS.

HE SPARE TIME

DEVELOPING DIFFERENT KINDS OF

SCHOOL DAYS
DURING ZUCKERBERGS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, UNDER THE COMPANY NAME INTELLIGENT MEDIA GROUP, HE BUILT A MUSIC PLAYER CALLED THE SYNAPSE MEDIA PLAYER THAT
USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO LEARN THE USER'S LISTENING HABITS, WHICH WAS POSTED TO SLASHDOT AND RECEIVED A RATING OF 3 OUT OF 5 FROM PC MAGAZINE. MICROSOFT AND AOL TRIED TO PURCHASE SYNAPSE AND RECRUIT ZUCKERBERG, BUT HE CHOSE INSTEAD TO ENROLL AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN SEPTEMBER

2002.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIFE

BY THE TIME HE BEGAN CLASSES AT HARVARD, HE HAD ALREADY ACHIEVED A "REPUTATION AS A PROGRAMMING PRODIGY." IN THE SECOND YEAR, HE BUILT A PROGRAM COURSEMATCH, WHERE YOU GO ONLINE
AND CAN SEE WHAT COURSES YOUR FRIENDS ARE TAKING.

A SHORT TIME LATER, HE CREATED A DIFFERENT PROGRAM HE INITIALLY CALLED FACEMASH THAT LET
STUDENTS SELECT THE BEST LOOKING PERSON FROM A CHOICE OF PHOTOS. ACCORDING TO

ZUCKERBERG'S ROOMMATE AT THE TIME, ARIE HASIT, "HE BUILT THE SITE FOR FUN."

THE SITE WENT UP OVER A WEEKEND, BUT BY MONDAY MORNING THE COLLEGE SHUT IT
DOWN BECAUSE ITS POPULARITY HAD OVERWHELMED

HARVARD'S SERVER AND

PREVENTED STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING THE

INTERNET. IN ADDITION, MANY STUDENTS

COMPLAINED THAT THEIR PHOTOS WERE BEING

USED WITHOUT
PERMISSION.

ZUCKERBERG APOLOGIZED

PUBLICLY, AND THE STUDENT PAPER RAN

ARTICLES STATING THAT HIS SITE WAS

"COMPLETELY IMPROPER.

CREATION OF THEFACEBOOK.COM
STUDENTS REQUESTED TO THE ADMINISTRATION
THAT UNIVERSITY SHOULD DEVELOP AN INTERNAL WEBSITE THAT WOULD INCLUDE SIMILAR PHOTOS AND CONTACT DETAILS SO THAT STUDENTS CAN FIND

ABOUT EACH OTHER. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, MARK HEARD THESE PLANS AND DECIDED THAT IF THE UNIVERSITY WONT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, HE WILL, AND HE WOULD BUILD A SITE THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD PLANNED

ORIGINALLY
CALLED THEFACEBOOK.COM, FACEBOOK WAS FOUNDED MARK ZUCKERBERG ON FEB.4, 2004 WITH SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM HIS FRIEND EDUARDO SAVERIN AND COFOUNDERS DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ AND CHRIS HUGHES. IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT THE SITE WAS PURELY FOR STUDENTS AT HARVARD, BUT ZUCKERBERG AND HIS COMPANIONS SAW THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD, AND SO MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO OTHER STUDENTS. THESE WERE OTHER US UNIVERSITIES AT FIRST AND THEN AROUND THE WORLD.

FACEBOOK
IN AUGUST 2005, THEFACEBOOK WAS OFFICIALLY CALLED FACEBOOK AND THE DOMAIN FACEBOOK.COM WAS PURCHASED FOR A REPORTED $200,000. LATER ON MARK DROPPED THE COLLEGE AND DEVOTED HIMSELF TO FACEBOOK. HE IS INTRODUCING NEW FUNCTIONS TO FACEBOOK AND IMPROVING IT DAY BY DAY. YAHOO TRIED TO PURCHASE FACEBOOK BUT MARK DID NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER.

ZUCKERBERG LIVES IN A MODEST HOME IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. ON MAY 19, 2012, ZUCKERBERG AND CHAN MARRIED IN ZUCKERBERG'S BACKYARD IN A
CELEBRATION ALSO MARKING HER GRADUATION FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL.

IN SEPTEMBER 2013 HIS PERSONAL WEALTH WAS ESTIMATED TO BE US$19 BILLION. RECENTLY, ZUCKERBERG BECAME A SIGNATORY TO THE GIVING PLEDGE, COMMITTING TO DONATE MOST OF HIS WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES.

CONTROVERSIES AS WE ALL KNOW CONTROVERSIES ARE PART OF SUCCESS. MARK TOO FACED MANY CONTROVERSIES IN EARLY YEARS, SOME OF THEM WERE LEGAL CONTROVERSIES. LATER ALL CASES FILED WAS DISMISSED. HE FACED MANY CONTROVERSIES ABOUT
COPYING THE IDEA AND FACED CRITICISM

ABOUT NEWSFEED AND ALSO FACED A CONTROVERSY ABOUT A CONTEST IN PAKISTAN.

AWARDS IN 2010, ZUCKERBERG WAS NAMED TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR. FACEBOOK IS THE 2ND BEST WEBSITE REPORTED. ZUCKERBERG HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS A DETACHED, COLD AND CALCULATING INTERNET VISIONARY IN THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDWINNING FILM THE SOCIAL NETWORK. HE IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE YOUNGEST SELF MADE BILLIONAIRE.

REASONS FOR BEING A BILINEAR

HE TRULY BELIEVED IN WHAT HE WAS DOING HE IS ALWAYS PREPARED TO TAKE CRITICISM HE LOVES TO DREAM BIG HE IS NOT AFRAID TO TAKE GREAT RISKS HE LEARNT TO BE EXCLUSIVE HE WAS NEVER PUT OFF BY COMPETITION HE WAS CLEAR ABOUT HIS MISSION & SAW IT THROUGH

WHEN YOU GIVE EVERYONE A VOICE AND GIVE PEOPLE POWER, THE SYSTEM USUALLY ENDS UP IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE. SO, WHAT WE VIEW OUR ROLE AS, IS GIVING PEOPLE THAT POWER. THE THING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT FACEBOOK,
IS JUST HELP PEOPLE CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE'RE

RUNNING THE COMPANY TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE. "I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD A MORE OPEN PLACE. MARK ZUCKERBERG