Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American Internet entrepreneur. Born May 14, 1984, in White Plains. Positions held include chief executive officer (2004–). Educated at Harvard University and Phillips Exeter Academy. Awards include California Hall of Fame, Time Person of the Year and Axel Springer Award.
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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman, webmaster, and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He is its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and controlling shareholder.
Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, and launched Facebook there in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. He became the world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2008 at age 23 and has consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. According to Forbes, Zuckerberg's estimated net worth stood at US$258 billion as of September 2026.
He has used his funds to organize multiple large donations, including the establishment of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. A film based on Zuckerberg's early career, legal troubles and initial success with Facebook, The Social Network, was released in 2010. His prominence and fast rise in the technology industry has prompted political and legal attention. He has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy.
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- May 14, 1984
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What Wikidata says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 2568949071
- Described as
- American Internet entrepreneur
- Other names
- Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Zuck, Zuckerberg, The Zuck, The Zucc
- Born
- May 14, 1984 · 3 references
- Born in
- White Plains · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States · 1 reference
- Occupation
- programmer; entrepreneur · 1 reference; computer scientist · 1 reference; patron of the arts; chief executive officer; philanthropist · 1 reference
- Positions held
- chief executive officer (2004–)
- Worked for
- Meta Platforms (2004–) · 1 reference
- Education
- Harvard University (2002–); Phillips Exeter Academy · 1 reference; Ardsley High School · 1 reference; Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth; Mercy University; New York Medical College
- Member of
- Tsinghua University
- Awards
- California Hall of Fame (2010); Time Person of the Year (2010); Axel Springer Award (2016); BigBrotherAwards (2011); honorary doctor of Harvard University (2017) · 1 reference; Innovators Under 35; Time 100 (2025) · 1 reference
- Field
- computer programming · 1 reference; Internet · 1 reference; Facebook · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Priscilla Chan (2012–) · 1 reference
- Children
- Maxima Chan Zuckerberg; August Chan Zuckerberg; Aurelia Chan Zuckerberg
- Father
- Edwardes Zuckerberg
- Mother
- Karen Kempner
- Siblings
- Donna Zuckerberg; Arielle Zuckerberg; Randi Zuckerberg
- Religion
- atheism (–2016) · 1 reference; Judaism (2016–) · 1 reference
- Lived in
- Palo Alto
- Nickname
- Zuck; The Zucc
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Wikipedias with a page
- 170
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