15 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Zuckerberg

15 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Zuckerberg



Fifteen things you didn't know about Mark Zuckerberg welcome to a out site calm The place where future billionaires come To get inspired hello a Luxor's and we're Focusing on a computer programmer and Entrepreneur who has changed the way That over a billion people interact on The Internet that's right We’re talking about Facebook founder CEO And Chairman Mark Zuckerberg mark was Born May 14th 1984 in White Plains New York and his aptitude for science and Technology was evident at a young age His father taught him basic computer Programming while he was still in middle School and then a software developer Took over marks lessons although he Found it hard to stay ahead of mark whom He called a prodigy mark also took a Graduate level programming course at a Local college while he was still in high School in his sophomore year at Harvard Began writing code for what would become One of the most successful social Networking platforms in history by 2012 Facebook had hit 1 billion daily users And the company is now worth well over 400 billion dollars as of 2017 mark is The fifth richest person in the world With a net worth of 71 point eight Billion U.S. dollars and he has been Recognized as one of the 100 most

Magazine every year since 2007 if you Are new here we'll help them be sure to Subscribe and follow us on instagram at A lux marks a vision influenced ambition And incredible success are a source of Inspiration so let's take a closer look At the life of this innovator with the 15 things you didn't know about Mark Zuckerberg number one he turned down Yahoo's 1 billion dollar offer to buy Facebook there have been a number of Companies that have expressed interest And even made offers to buy Facebook Including Viacom Google Friendster The Washington Post Myspace NBC and AOL in 2006 Yahoo made a 1 billion dollar offer to buy Facebook From the 22 year old Mark Zuckerberg at The time Facebook was around 2 years old Was about 9 million users and 20 million Dollars in revenue Still Zuckerberg didn't even seriously Consider the offer he had enough vision To realize that Yahoo was undervaluing The company even with a billion dollar Offer today Facebook is worth an Incredible 435 billion dollars number Two he and his wife met in a bathroom Line it's not among the most romantic of Meetings but maybe it was fate that Brought mark and Priscilla together While waiting in the bathroom line at a Fraternity party Priscilla says her Initial impression was that he was a Nerdy guy he was just a little bit out There and she also thought he lacked Ambition because he said he'd rather go On a date with her than finish his Take-home midterm number three he makes About nine billion dollars a year from Facebook after the disappointing IPO That saw marks Facebook's take fall from 19 billion dollars to 17 billion dollars In a single day and continued struggles That saw his stake fall to eleven point Nine billion just a couple of months Later Facebook bounced back in a big way In fact its shares have increased over Two hundred and eighty two percent since The IPO in 2012 profit margins have also Increased to 37% from 19% in 2012 and Mark personally has earned an average of Nine billion dollars per year from the Company since 2012 number four he is Colorblind

Means that the color that stands out Best for him is blue that's why blue is His favorite color and the primary color For Facebook number five Mark tried to become a vegetarian in 2011 mark announced that he was Challenging himself to become a Vegetarian and only eat meat if he Killed the animal himself because he Wanted to be more connected to the food That he eats and the animals that give Their lives so he could eat them Although he stuck with the challenge for A little while he's now back to eating Meat regularly number six mark found the Social network movie hurtful in his First ever open Q&A; session on Facebook In 2014 Mark was asked how accurate the social Network movie was mark replied that he Kind of blocked that movie out and that The overarching plot was comprised of a Bunch of made-up stuff that he found Hurtful for Sample the film suggests that he created Facebook after a girl broke up with him But in reality he was with Priscilla Before starting the site mark says Ultimately he didn't think the reality Was interesting enough to make a movie Out of because the real story was just a Lot of hard work number seven he drives In expensive cars while other Billionaires of the world are driving Around in exotic super-cars and Limited-edition luxury vehicles mark Prefers more practical and inexpensive Kinds of transportation the three cars He drives most often are his Honda Fit Acura TSX and Volkswagen Golf GTI number Eight his wedding was a surprise for all Of his guests after nine years of dating Mark and Priscilla pulled off a surprise Wedding in May of 2012 Priscilla had Just graduated from medical school

So the 100 guests thought they were Attending a surprise graduation party Only to find out that they would be Actually witnessing a wedding the Wedding occurred in the couple's Backyard the day after Facebook's Initial public offering Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong sang at the ceremony As a gift to the couple number nine his Friends call him Zach among friends and Co-workers Marcus commonly referred to As duck his childhood nickname given to He by his mom was princely and he got Another nickname in college when his Alpha Epsilon Pi frat brothers took to Calling him Slayer number 10 he is the Youngest ever self-made billionaire mark Made the Forbes list of billionaires in 2008 at the age of 23 with a 1.5 billion Dollar net worth which made him the Youngest ever self-made billionaire and The third youngest billionaire behind Albert the second a German aristocrat Who inherited three billion dollars at? The age of seven and hinter Irie a Lebanese heir that became a billionaire At the age of 22 if you want to check Out some other people who made their own Fortunes click on the upper right hand Corner to check out our video of 15 Self-made billionaires that were once Poor number eleven he broke his arm on His first day of training for a Triathlon Marc has been focusing more on Physical fitness and in 2016 His new year's resolution was to run 365 Miles by the end of the year he reached This goal with five months to spare so He decided to take on New challenge training for a triathlon However on his first day of triathlon Training he fell off his bike after Stopping at a stop sign and broke his Arm on impact he discussed the incident With Jerry Seinfeld on a Facebook live Chat saying I think I need to ease into This triathlon thing number 12 He is pledged to give away 99% of his Facebook shares in 2015 Priscilla and Mark joined The Giving Pledge which is a Commitment some of the world's Wealthiest individuals have made to Dedicate the majority of their wealth Towards improving the world in various Ways as a part of this pledge mark Committed to giving away 99% of his Personal Facebook shares during his Lifetime this was announced through an Open letter mark and Priscilla wrote to Their newborn daughter max in 2015 at The time they made the pledge those Shares were worth 45 billion dollars and Their value continues to increase They had already donated generously in The past donating more than 1.6 billion Dollars over a period of 10 years their Donations include a twenty five million Dollar donation to the CDC to stop the Spread of Ebola 100 million dollars to The Newark Public School System and 120 Million dollars to education in the San Francisco Bay Area number thirteen about 17 percent of the world's population are Facebook users as of 2017 Facebook had 1.3 billion Daily active users which is A total of around 17 percent of the World’s population the daily users Doubled over a period of just five years From 2012 to 2017 number 14 marks salary? Was lowered to one dollar a year in 2013 Back in 2013 at marks request his Facebook CEO Salary was lowered to one Dollar per year from the 500 thousand Dollars per year that he was previously Making him also withdrew himself from eligibility to be given any bonuses in The future number 15 he bought all of The houses surrounding his Zuckerberg Purchased his home in Palo Alto California in 2011 for seven million Dollars when he heard the house next to His was going on the market and the Agent plan to use being Marc's neighbor As the main selling point he bought that House Three more of the houses surrounding his Property for a total of around 44 Million dollars so that he could protect His privacy and control the marketing of The homes he leased the homes back to Their previous owners until they were Ready to move in 2016 he announced plans To downsize each of the four houses Making them 20% smaller than their Original sizes although his intentions Aren’t completely clear there is Speculation that he wants more privacy And security he and his wife also own 750 acres of land in Hawaii now that You’ve learned more about Mark Zuckerberg do you think Facebook is here To stay or will it be replaced by Something else in the future let us know What you think in the comments still Here here's a bonus back just for you Although mark dropped out of college in His sophomore year so he could focus on Running Facebook Harvard gave him an Honorary degree in May of 2017 thank you.