Answered: Facts about Mark Zuckerberg

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Facts about Mark Zuckerberg

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Introduction

Mark Zuckerberg:

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American Business magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholders.

Mark Zuckerberg born in White plains, New York, is one of the four children and the only son of karen and Edward zuckerberg, his mother is a psychiatrist while his father is a dentist. He Developed an interest in computer programming at an early age.

His three sisters are Randi, Donna and Ariell. They grew up in Doobs ferry, New York, in a reform Jewish household. He is a Descendant of immigrants from Germany , Poland and Austria.

Mark Zuckerberg was really into computers when he was 12 years old. He built a message network for his father's dentist office called Zucknet, which is considered to be a precursor of Aol's instant messenger.