Mark Zuckerberg, (born 14 May 1984), a businessman and an American programmer . Created famous for social site Facebook , a popular site in all parts of the world , created the site with his colleagues in the Department of Computer Science Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes at Harvard University. It serves as CEO of Facebook
Personal life
Zuckerberg was born in Dobbs Ferry , New York , and his parents are Karen Zuckerberg Edward , both doctors. His father is a dentist Edward Dobbs Ferry , New York. Is a computer programmer , and a private means of communication and games. Began programming when he was in middle school . While attending Phillips Exeter Academy in high school, built a program to help workers in the liaison office dad and a copy of the game risks. Also built a music player called the synapse that uses artificial intelligence to learn the habits of the user to listen . Microsoft and AOL tried to buy synapse and employs Zuckerberg has , but he refused and preferred to be downloaded for free and decided to enroll at Harvard University .
Jump to California
Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto, California, with some friends and Moskowitz during the summer of 2004 . According to Zuckerberg , the group plans to return to Harvard University in the fall , but in the end decided to stay in California . So far, the students had not yet returned to college. They rented a small house has been a first down . During the summer, Zuckerberg met Peter Thiel , who invested in the company. They got to the first office on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto after a few months . Today , the company 's seven buildings and several hundred people in downtown Palo Alto , forming what Zuckerberg calls " on campus in the urban areas."
Latest news service
On September 5, 2006, Facebook launched another service or news News Feed, which serve to show what your friends are doing on the site. Has been criticized Zuckerberg Qkd of some saw as unnecessary and service to spy tool .
The Facebook Platform
On May 24, 2007, Zuckerberg announced Facebook Platform Facebook Platform, a development platform for programmers to create social applications on Facebook. The announcement sparked considerable interest in the developer community . Within weeks , many applications created and some of them became his millions of users. Today, there are more than 800,000 software developer from around the world growing up applications on the Facebook Platform
Facebook configuration
On November 6, 2007, Zuckerberg announced the declaration of a new social system at meeting in Los Angeles. Called part of a new program Beacon , which allows people to exchange information with their friends on Facebook in front on the basis of activities to surf other sites , for example, a seller in eBay let friends know automatically what they have for sale by feeding in front of the news they list items .
The program , although not ruled . Was refiled soon thereafter in the United States District Court in Boston, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 25 , 2007.
As part of this lawsuit, in November / November 2007, the secret court documents posted on the Harvard alumni magazine 02138 . These include Zuckerberg's social security number, and his parents ' house . And responding to deal with his girlfriend . Before adjournment for the destruction of documents , but the judge ruled in favor of 02138 .
As part of this lawsuit, in November / November 2007, the secret court documents posted on the Harvard alumni magazine 02138 . These include Zuckerberg's social security number, and his parents ' house . And responding to deal with his girlfriend . Before adjournment for the destruction of documents , but the judge ruled in favor of 02138 .
Forbes
In 2010 achieved Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - which came in 35 on the list - the highest increase in wealth , which increased more than three - fold jump from two billion dollars to 6.9 billion dollars.
Choose founder of the site "Facebook" figure in 2010
Chose "Time" magazine founder of the site "Facebook , Mark Zokenberg , as" Person of the Year . "
The magazine found that Zuckerberg contributed through the site "Facebook" of the famous social networking to change the lives of hundreds of millions of people and the entire society .
The managing editor of "Time" , Richard Stengel said on Wednesday in New York that the number of subscribers of "Facebook" reached 500 million people contributed to the site in linking them to each other .
He added: " contributed ( Zokenberg through the site) to create a new system for the exchange of information and other our whole lives ."
Many predicted that occupies Julian Assange , founder of the site "Wikileaks " this place as " Person of the Year " , especially after the uproar raised by the publication of confidential U.S. documents .
Although Assange received the highest number of votes for the readers of the magazine , but that the publisher put it in third place after Zokenberg and the " Tea Party " conservative radical .
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai in fourth place while fifth place went to miners who have been detained for two months in a mine in Chile.
And choose "Time" magazine annual " Person of the Year " since 1927. The list comes first under the name of " Man of the Year " for the change since 1999 and become the " Personality of the Year ."
The magazine choose people who enriched in the world, whether in the form of positive or even negative
Choose founder of the site "Facebook" figure in 2010
Chose "Time" magazine founder of the site "Facebook , Mark Zokenberg , as" Person of the Year . "
The magazine found that Zuckerberg contributed through the site "Facebook" of the famous social networking to change the lives of hundreds of millions of people and the entire society .
The managing editor of "Time" , Richard Stengel said on Wednesday in New York that the number of subscribers of "Facebook" reached 500 million people contributed to the site in linking them to each other .
He added: " contributed ( Zokenberg through the site) to create a new system for the exchange of information and other our whole lives ."
Many predicted that occupies Julian Assange , founder of the site "Wikileaks " this place as " Person of the Year " , especially after the uproar raised by the publication of confidential U.S. documents .
Although Assange received the highest number of votes for the readers of the magazine , but that the publisher put it in third place after Zokenberg and the " Tea Party " conservative radical .
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai in fourth place while fifth place went to miners who have been detained for two months in a mine in Chile.
And choose "Time" magazine annual " Person of the Year " since 1927. The list comes first under the name of " Man of the Year " for the change since 1999 and become the " Personality of the Year ."
The magazine choose people who enriched in the world, whether in the form of positive or even negative
Microsoft 's investment in Facebook
On October 24, 2010 in front of Facebook 1.6 % stake to Microsoft for $ 240 million , and refused to rival Google Inc. , and this would indicate that the market value of the Facebook $ 15 billion at the time of sale . However, most analysts believe that the actual value of the company to be much less. Vmbulg $ 240 million paid by Microsoft include insurance premiums for each of the preferential shares and global ad placements .