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    Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying at Harvard University. He created early messaging and music software programs as a teenager. At Harvard, he launched Facebook from his dorm room, allowing users to create profiles and connect. By the end of 2004, Facebook reached 1 million users. Zuckerberg faced a lawsuit from classmates claiming he stole their idea for a social media site, which was later settled. As the leader of Facebook, Zuckerberg remains dedicated to philanthropy, pledging over half his wealth to charity initiatives.

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    Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying at Harvard University. He created early messaging and music software programs as a teenager. At Harvard, he launched Facebook from his dorm room, allowing users to create profiles and connect. By the end of 2004, Facebook reached 1 million users. Zuckerberg faced a lawsuit from classmates claiming he stole their idea for a social media site, which was later settled. As the leader of Facebook, Zuckerberg remains dedicated to philanthropy, pledging over half his wealth to charity initiatives.

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    Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying at Harvard University. He created early messaging and music software programs as a teenager. At Harvard, he launched Facebook from his dorm room, allowing users to create profiles and connect. By the end of 2004, Facebook reached 1 million users. Zuckerberg faced a lawsuit from classmates claiming he stole their idea for a social media site, which was later settled. As the leader of Facebook, Zuckerberg remains dedicated to philanthropy, pledging over half his wealth to charity initiatives.

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    Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying at Harvard University. He created early messaging and music software programs as a teenager. At Harvard, he launched Facebook from his dorm room, allowing users to create profiles and connect. By the end of 2004, Facebook reached 1 million users. Zuckerberg faced a lawsuit from classmates claiming he stole their idea for a social media site, which was later settled. As the leader of Facebook, Zuckerberg remains dedicated to philanthropy, pledging over half his wealth to charity initiatives.

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    Mark Zuckerberg

    Founder and CEO of Facebook


    “By giving people
    the power to
    share, we’re
    making the world
    more transparent”.
    Early Life
    • Born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York
    • Jewish family
    • His father, Edward, is a dentist
    • His mother, Karen, was a psychiatrist until the couple
    began having children
    • Mark has 3 siblings: Randi, Donna and Arielle
    Where did he start?
    • At age 12, he used Atari BASIC to create his first messaging
    programme, which he names “Zucknet”.
    • While in high school, he created an early version of the music
    software Pandora. He called it "Synapse".
    • During his time at Harvard University, he created “Coursematch”
    which helped students choose their classes.
    • He also invented “Facemash” which allowed users to vote who was
    more attractive between two students.
    Facebook
    • Mark Zuckerberg is best known for inventing Facebook
    • Whist studying at Harvard, he came up with an idea for a social
    networking site, with help from his friends, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris
    Hughes and Eduardo Saverin.
    • This site allowed users to create profiles, upload pictures, and
    communicate with other users. They called it "The Facebook".
    • The site was ran from a Harvard dorm room until June 2004, when
    Zuckerberg dropped out of school to devote his time to The Facebook.
    • By the end of 2004, Facebook had reached 1 million users.
    Mark faces his first dilemma
    • In 2004, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra filed a
    lawsuit against Zuckerberg, claiming he agreed to help them start a social
    networking site called “Harvard Connection”.
    • A few month after thefacebook.com was launched, they launched their site
    which they renamed ConnectU.
    • In September 2004 ConnectU sued Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea.
    • In February 2008 they agreed to settle the suit but, in June of the same year,
    ConnectU appealed the settlement accusing Facebook of trading its stock
    without disclosing material information.
    • Facebook agreed to pay $20 million in cash, and transfer over 1.2 million
    common shares.
    Charitable Mark
    • In September 2010, he donated $100 million to save the failing
    Newark Public Schools system in New Jersey.
    • In December 2010, Zuckerberg signed the "Giving Pledge", promising
    to donate at least 50 percent of his wealth to charity over the course
    of his lifetime.
    • After his donation, Zuckerberg called on other young, wealthy
    entrepreneurs to follow suit.
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