Zuckerberg Mark (Mark Zuckerberg)

Zuckerberg Mark (Mark Zuckerberg)

Mark Zuckerberg is an American programmer and founder of the world's largest social network Facebook. At the moment, Mark Zuckerberg acts as CEO of this project.

After the company's IPO in 2012, Zuckerberg remained Facebook's largest individual shareholder. During the IPO, he earned $1.14 billion. The remaining stake in him was worth $19.11 billion. The size of this package is 23% of economic and 32% of voting shares. But Zuckerberg also has the right to vote on 29% of voting shares (including shares owned by DST and Mail.ru Group). In this regard, collectively, Zuckerberg can vote 60% of the total voting shares, which allows him to be the controlling shareholder of Facebook.

Biography

As a Harvard student, Mark created the social resource Facebook with the help of his dorm neighbors Chris Hughes and Dustin Moscovitz in 2004, which gained crazy popularity among students around the world.

Napster founder Sean Parker, Zuckerberg's Harvard acquaintance, introduced him to Peter Thiel, one of the creators of the PayPal payment system. The latter also had 15 minutes to appreciate the grandiosity of the project. As a result, Zuckerberg received $500,000 in investments and access to the closed Silicon Valley network.

2008: First hit on Forbes rich list

In March 2008, Forbes magazine included Zuckerberg in the list of the richest people in the world, placing the "golden child" of the Web 2.0 era in 785th place - exactly between Chinese tycoon Zhang Keqiang and Turkish hotelier Ali Ibrahim Alaoglu.

2010

In March 2010, Forbes magazine recognized him as the youngest billionaire on its list with a fortune of $4 billion.

In September 2010, Mark took 29th place in Forbes magazine's annual list of American billionaires with a fortune of $6.9 billion.

Time magazine included Zuckerberg in the list of "The World's Most Influential People of 2008." Mark fell into the category "Scientists and Thinkers" and took 52 out of 101.

With all this, Mark leads a very modest lifestyle: he lives in a rented house, drives a modest car.

Mark with his friend Priscilla Chan in 2010

2011

In January 2011, it became known that Mark Zuckerberg once again changed his rented housing, having moved from an apartment with an area of ​ ​ almost 214 square meters to a protected house 139 square meters more.

The new 353-square-meter housing Zuckerberg rented, like the old one, is located in Palo Alto Township, considered the historic center of American Silicon Valley and adjacent to the Stanford University campus.

The house, which was rented by the founder, Facebook holds five bedrooms and four bathrooms.

"The Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America is a social media prodigy in 35th place, with an estimated net worth of $7 billion. So his "nomadic" lifestyle makes many wonder why he does not use his wealth to build an estate, as Bill Gates or Steve Jobs did, "the message says.

The site also notes that the apartments previously rented by Zuckerberg are now back on the market and are rented out at a price of $7.8 thousand a month. Zuckerberg occupied them for less than two years, the resource adds.

Mark Zuckerberg in meeting with US President Barack Obama

In December 2011, due to a vulnerability in the code of the Facebook network, personal photos of Mark Zuckerberg were made publicly available. In this picture, he holds a chicken that he killed with his own hand to cook a grill.

2012: Facebook IPO and wedding

• On May 18, 2012, Facebook entered the stock market. The company placed shares at a price of $38 apiece, as a result of which the company was valued at $104 billion.

On the first day of trading, the shares did not show the expected growth. However, analysts do not consider this a failure. In their opinion, this suggests that the entry range of banks was calculated correctly. The price was selected at the upper limit of the interval of $34-38.

• On May 19, 2012, Mark Zuckerberg married his girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The wedding ceremony took place at Zuckerberg's house.

Zuckerberg has known Chiang for more than 9 years. They met at Harvard University. There, in 2004, Zuckerberg created Facebook.

Chiang graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco last Monday, May 14, Mark Zuckerberg's birthday. Priscilla Chiang 27 years old, Zuckerberg - 28.

Less than a hundred people attended the wedding, including Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. The guests were not warned that Zuckerberg was getting married, they were only informed about this when everyone gathered. They thought that the reason to get together was graduation. Priscilla Chiang Everyone was very surprised^[1]

The newlyweds planned to formalize their union within months, but decided to wait for Chiang to graduate from medical school, AP reported, citing one of the guests. The wedding date has nothing to do with Facebook's IPO, the guest said.

2017: Earnings of $8.9 million

In 2017, as head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg earned about $8.9 million, with more funds provided to ensure the personal safety of the founder and his house.

2018

Zuckerberg shifts Facebook top management to Android smartphones over Apple conflict

In mid-November 2018, it became known about Mark Zuckerberg's demand for use Androidsmartphones by top managers. Facebook Managers are prohibited from using iPhone after a conflict with. Apple Read more. here

Clothing style and budget counterparts

Mark Zuckerberg wore the same outfit every day for nearly 10 years (jeans and a grey T-shirt), but at Facebook's F8 conference in early May 2018, he appeared in a new style that remained extremely minimalist. At the same time, the founder and CEO of Facebook has become more elegant. To look the same, you will need a sweater that imitates denim ($49.50), Everlane jeans ($68) and Nike Flex RN 2017 sneakers ($60). The total cost of such clothing is estimated at about $177.5.

Mark Zuckerberg finally ditches grey T-shirt and jeans he wore for nearly 10 years

2023

Construction of a bunker in Hawaii. Photo

In mid-December 2023, it became known that the CEO of Meta Corporation (recognized as an extremist organization; activities in the Russian Federation are prohibited) Mark Zuckerberg is building an underground bunker on the basis of his "top secret complex" in Hawaii. The large-scale project is called Koolau Ranch, and the total cost of its implementation is estimated at $270 million.

In the central part of the complex there will be two mansions with a total area of ​ ​ approximately 5.1 thousand square meters. These buildings provide elevators, office space, conference rooms and "industrial-sized" kitchens. These mansions will connect each other an underground tunnel with a branch into a securely fortified bunker with an area of ​ ​ approximately 465 square meters. This includes living and sleeping spaces, a room with specialized equipment, etc. The main door of the shelter will be made of metal and poured with concrete. In addition, the bunker will receive an emergency exit with access by stairs.

The main gate of Zuckerberg's residence

The project involves a gym, swimming pools, sauna, hot tub and tennis court. The nearby woodland will house a network of 11 disc-shaped tree houses connected by "intricate rope bridges" to allow guests to move between them.

The Koolau Ranch complex is expected to be fully self-sufficient with all necessary infrastructure facilities, including a powerful water station. It speaks of an unprecedented level of security with an extensive network of centrally controlled surveillance cameras, sensors, remotely controlled doors, etc. The cost of all the facilities included in the complex will be approximately $100 million, while Zuckerberg spent another $170 million on the purchase of land for construction.^[2]

$0.5 billion sale of Meta shares

Mark Zuckerberg sold nearly half a billion dollars of Meta stock in the last two months of 2023 after a two-year hiatus.

2024: Attending the wedding of the son of Asia's richest man

In early March 2024, it became known about the marriage of Anant Ambani, the son of the richest man Asia Mukesh Ambani. $113 million was spent on organizing celebrations.

The main part began with a cocktail party. About 1,200 guests were invited to the event, including the founder, Microsoft Bill Gates founder (Meta Russia the company is recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited), Mark Zuckerberg CEO, Google Sundar Pichai daughter of the former president USA Donald Trump Ivanka, former prime ministers,, Sweden Canada Australia chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. More. here

State

2020: Net worth - $97 billion

In April 2021, Forbes magazine presented an updated annual ranking of the richest people on the planet. The fifth line was taken by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who over the year became richer by $42.4 billion (fortune exceeded $97 billion) due to an 80 percent increase in the share price of the world's largest social network. Read more here.

2018: Mark Zuckerberg lost more than $3.7 billion in three days

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg's fortune has declined by $3.71 billion since Monday due to a fall in the stock market. USA Writes about this in February 2018 with Bloomberg reference to its rating The S&P ^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

In total, the losses of the richest 500 people in the world over these days amounted to about $128 billion, while about $55 billion falls on the Americans. The publication reminds that the stock market continues to fall for the third day in a row. As a result, the fortune of Alphabet founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin decreased by about $3 billion for each, and the owner of the Zara chain of stores Amancio Ortega - by $2.5 billion.

2016: Net worth $55.4 billion

In October 2016, Forbes magazine published an updated ranking of the 400 richest people in the United States. Mark Zuckerberg's fortune was estimated at $55.4 billion against $54 billion in August 2016 (according to Forbes). Read more here.

2015: Net worth $41.2 billion

In the ranking of the richest businessmen in the IT industry, which was published by Forbes magazine in early August 2015, Mark Zuckerberg is in fourth place with a fortune of $41.2 billion. Read more here.

See also

• Zuckerberg Mark (graphic novel)
• Social network

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