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MARK ZUCKERBERG
Written by Ivan Onyshchenko, 8B

Mark Zuckerberg is a former Harvard computer science student who along with a few friends launched Facebook, the world's most popular social network, in February 2004. Zuckerberg also has the distinction of being the world's youngest billionaire, which he achieved in 2008 at the age of 24. He was named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine in 2010. Zuckerberg currently is the chief executive officer and president of Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, the second of four children born to dentist Edward Zuckerberg and his wife, psychiatrist Karen Zuckerberg. Mark and his three sisters, Randi, Donna, and Arielle, were raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York, a sleepy, well-to-do town on the eastern bank of the Hudson River.

Zuckerberg began using and programming computers in middle school, with the active support of his father. Edward taught the 11-year-old Mark Atari BASIC, and then hired a software developer David Newman to give his son private lessons. In 1997 when Mark was 13, he created a computer network for his family he called ZuckNet.

Mark Zuckerberg did his schooling from Ardsley High School (1998-2000) and Phillips Exeter Academy (2000-2002) where he won several prizes in mathematics, astronomy, physics, and classical studies. He also attended a summer camp at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Mark Zuckerberg enrolled himself at Harvard University (2002-2004).

Mark Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he studied psychology and computer science. In his sophomore year, he wrote a program he called Course Match, which allowed users to make class selection decisions based on the choices of other students and also to help them form study groups.

He also invented Facemash, a program with the stated purpose of finding out who was the most attractive person on campus. Users would look at two pictures of people of the same sex and pick which was the "hottest," and the software compiled and ranked the results. It was an astounding success, but it bogged down the network at Harvard.

While at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg founded The Facebook, an application intended to be a reliable directory based on real information about students at Harvard. That software eventually led to the February 2004 launch of Facebook.

In 2006, the launch of the Facebook news feed set the stage for its ultimate breakthrough, and just four years later, the social network has over a billion page views every month.

Just nine years after its inception in a student dormitory at Harvard, Facebook was worth about $ 5 billion (as of May 2012). Today, the resource is worth more than 300 billion euros and provides jobs for about 30 thousand employees around the world.

Mark Zuckerberg has a wife, Priscilla Chan, whom he married in his backyard. The couple have a dog named The Beast, which has over two million Facebook followers.

I think Mark Zuckerberg can be a good role model. He motivates me very much and is my idol. After watching the film “Social network“ about his life and creating The Facebook, I was inspired and tried to write a program for virtual communication myself for which I was praised at the computer academy. An ordinary kind guy whom many considered a child prodigy has become one of the most interesting and famous personalities of the modern world. His application is used by very influential people, actors, presidents and even Elizabeth II. I think he and I are very similar in our interests, in character and the fact that we are both fans of Star Wars.