Mark Zuckerberg

American Internet entrepreneur · United States · Founders · Born 1984 · age 42

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He built a college dorm project into the platform that reshaped how three billion people communicate, made himself the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 23, and spent two decades navigating lawsuits over ownership, privacy scandals, and the political fallout of rewiring human attention.

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2025Time 100Award2017Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2016“My goal is to not have a job.”In their words6 February 2016Interview with Harvard's student newspaper, The Crimson, June 2004, Business Insider (Feb 6, 2016)Read the whole statement

Axel Springer AwardAward2014“I think the reality is that writing code and building a product and then building a company actually is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about”In their words7 November 2014Mark Zuckerberg Says The Social Network Was "Hurtful," Parts Were "Made Up" (November 7, 2014)Read the whole statement

2011BigBrotherAwardsAward2010California Hall of FameAwardTime Person of the YearAward2008“It is better to buy than compete. (from a 2008 email)”In their words2000'sRead the whole statement

2004“To a certain extent, the website is unfortunate because it oversimplifies things. Everybody’s concept of having a friend is different.”In their words30 November 2004"Exclusive Interview With Mark Zuckerberg" (Nov. 30, 2004)Read the whole statement

2000“I understood that some parts were still a little sketchy and I wanted some more time to think about whether or not this was really appropriate to release to the Harvard community.”In their words2000'sRead the whole statement

“Understanding who you serve is always a very important problem, and it only gets harder the more people that you serve.”In their wordsnytimes.comRead the whole statement

1984Born14 May 1984

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My goal is to not have a job.
Feb 6, 2016, Interview with Harvard's student newspaper, The Crimson, June 2004, Business Insider (Feb 6, 2016), Own words
I really want to clear my life so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community.
Nov 7, 2014, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Why I wear the same T-shirt every day, The Telegraph, 7 November 2014, Own words
I think the reality is that writing code and building a product and then building a company actually is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about
Nov 7, 2014, Mark Zuckerberg Says The Social Network Was "Hurtful," Parts Were "Made Up" (November 7, 2014), Own words

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Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2017

Axel Springer Award2016

BigBrotherAwards2011

California Hall of Fame2010

Time Person of the Year2010

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Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm in February 2004 with four roommates - Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes - then dropped out to run it. He took the company public in May 2012, retaining majority control, and by 2008 had become the youngest self-made billionaire in history at age 23. The rise brought scrutiny in equal measure: lawsuits over creation and ownership, battles over user privacy, and mounting political pressure as Facebook's influence grew. He later rebranded the parent company as Meta Platforms and remains its chairman, CEO, and controlling shareholder, with an estimated net worth of $220 billion as of December 2025. The early chapter - the dorm-room launch, the legal fights, the velocity - became The Social Network in 2010, and he's channeled billions into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative since.

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