Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He grew up in a comfortable, well-educated family.
He was raised by his father, Edward Zuckerberg, who was a dentist, and by his mother, Karen, who worked as a psychiatrist before the birth of the couple's four children—Mark, Randi, Donna and Arielle.
In this large family the children were much loved.
Mark Zuckerberg developed an interest in computers at an early age; when he was about 12, he used Atari Mark graduated from Exeter in 2002 and he enrolled at Harvard University. He was accepted because he had good results at school. to create a messaging he named "Zucknet."
In college, he used to win prizes in science and classical studies. He also used to be the captain of the fencing team and he used to recite lines from epic poems such as the Iliad. Mark graduated from Exeter in 2002 and he enrolled at Harvard University. He was accepted because he had good results at school.Mark and his friends created a site that allowed users to create their own profiles, upload photos, and communicate with other users.
They ran the site—first called The Facebook—out of a dorm room at Harvard until June 2004.
After his sophomore year, Zuckerberg dropped out of college to devote himself to Facebook full time. The company was moved to California.
By the end of 2004, Facebook was used by 1 million persons.
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Corrected Textmore↓Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He grew up in a comfortable, well-educated family.
He was raised by his father, Edward Zuckerberg, who was a dentist, and by his mother, Karen, who worked as a psychiatrist before the birth of the couple's four children—Mark, Randi, Donna and Arielle.
In this large family the children were much loved.
Mark Zuckerberg developed an interest in computers at an early age; when he was about 12, he used Atari to create a messaging he named "Zucknet."
In college, he used to win prizes in science and classical studies. He also used to be the captain of the fencing team and he used to recite lines from epic poems such as the Iliad. Mark graduated from Exeter in 2002 and he enrolled at Harvard University. He was accepted because he had good results at school.Mark and his friends created a site that allowed users to create their own profiles, upload photos, and communicate with other users.
They ran the site—first called The Facebook—out of a dorm room at Harvard until June 2004.
After his sophomore year, Zuckerberg dropped out of college to devote himself to Facebook full time. The company was moved to California.
By the end of 2004, Facebook was used by 1 million persons.
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