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| Net worth ▲ US$6.9 billion (2010) |
Zuckerberg on the film, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive." Also, it was apparent that the film would not portray Zuckerberg in a wholly positive light. He stated that, "he wanted to establish himself as a "good guy" An episode of The Simpsons in which Zuckerberg plays himself is expected to air in fall 2010. In the episode, "Loan-a Lisa," Lisa Simpson and her friend Nelson encounter Zuckerberg at an entrepreneurs' convention.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking site Facebook. Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook with fellow classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while attending Harvard. He is a billionaire due to his 24% share of Facebook. Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto, CA, with Moskovitz and some friends. They leased a small house that served as an office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met Peter Thiel who invested in the company. They got their first office during the summer of 2004. According to Zuckerberg, the group planned to return to Harvard in the fall but eventually decided to remain in California.
On September 22, 2010, it was reported that Zuckerberg had arranged to donate $100 million to the Newark, New Jersey school system.
Zuckerberg "clearly thinks of himself as a hacker" and says hacking isn't about "breaking and entering," it's about "being unafraid to break things in order to make them better." Facebook conducts "hackathons" every six to eight weeks in which participants have one night to conceive of and complete a project. The company provides music, food, and beer at the hackathons, and many Facebook staff members, including Zuckerberg, regularly attend. "The idea is that you can build something really good in a night,” Zuckerberg told Wired. "And that’s part of the personality of Facebook now ... It’s definitely very core to my personality.
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