Zuckerberg at the 37th G8 summit in 2011. Born:Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 White Plains, New York, U.S. Residence:Palo Alto, California, U.S. Ethnicity:Jewish Alma mater:Harvard University Phillips Exeter Academy Occupation:CEO of Facebook Known for:Co-founding Facebook in 2004; becoming worlds youngest billionaire as of 2008 Net worth: US$ 17.5 billion Religion:None Relatives:Randi, Donna and Arielle Awards:TIME Person of the Year 2010 Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive. It was co-founded as a private company in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University. In 2010, Zuckerberg was named Time magazines Person of the Year. As of 2011, his personal wealth was estimated to be $17.5 billion making him one of the worlds youngest billionaires. Personal life 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. Zuckerberg was raised Jewish and had his bar mitzvah when he turned 13; he has since described himself as an atheist. |