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Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He is its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and controlling shareholder.
business · American businessman and programmer (born 1984) · also Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Zuck, Zuckerberg, The Zuck, The Zucc
Born 14 May 1984 · Q36215
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“a lot of the factual incidents are accurate, but many are distorted, and the overall impression is false”
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LaRed21: La carta abierta de Mark Zuckerberg que sacude a la filantropía mundial
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TechRadar: Leí el manifiesto sobre IA de Mark Zuckerberg titulado "El futuro es para todos" y casi me volvió loco
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El Mundo: Mark Zuckerberg: una pelea, un vídeo y la vergüenza ajena
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Vistazo: Con una fortuna de 210.000 millones de dólares, Mark Zuckerberg decide donar el 99% de las acciones de su empresa para la investigación médica y tecnológica
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The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam
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Computer Hoy: Ana María Constantin, experta en tecnología: "La idea de "superinteligencia personal" de Mark Zuckerberg se convierte en una prueba de Rorschach"
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Yahoo Sports: Mark Zuckerberg Once Again Spars With Merab Dvalishvili on Lake Tahoe Barge
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Infobae: Mark Zuckerberg donará el 99% de sus acciones de Facebook para la investigación médica y tecnológica
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The Motley Fool: Mark Zuckerberg Just Said That Everyone Will Have "An Exceptionally Capable Personal Agent." These 3 AI Stocks Will Benefit
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Mundo Deportivo: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta: "Si tenemos otro avance similar, entonces podríamos llegar a tener algo realmente extraordinario y muchísimo más avanzado"
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La Vanguardia: El aviso de Mark Zuckerberg sobre el futuro de la IA: “No existe una solución tecnológica que pueda conciliar los intereses de todos”
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San Francisco Chronicle: Jeremy Strong emailed Mark Zuckerberg about ‘The Social Reckoning.’ Here’s what happened next
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The Hollywood Reporter: Jeremy Strong habló con Mark Zuckerberg sobre su papel en The Social Reckoning
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WIRED: Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything
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The Guardian: An AI agent for all? Try using your brain, Mark Zuckerberg | Brief letters
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FayerWayer: Golpe judicial a Mark Zuckerberg: Meta es condenada a pagar 567 millones de dólares y a limitar el tiempo de uso para menores
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Clarin.com: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta: “Donaremos el 99 % de nuestras acciones para impulsar la igualdad social”
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pajiba.com: Aaron Sorkin Takes Shots at Facebook and Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Pass
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The Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg says the future of AI is for everyone. But who owns it? | Raffi Krikorian
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The Onion: Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow
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The Next Web: Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ pitch lands as a Rorschach test
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg's data center in New Mexico "completely drained" the Rio Grande of water.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg was subpoenaed over payments from Horizon Bridge LLC to the Butterfly Foundation connected to Jeffrey Epstein, having something to do with a "Project Looking Glass".” No Reports.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo of Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman dining with Jeffrey Epstein.” False.
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Zuckerberg was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by President Donald Trump
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In November 2025, actor and comedian Adam Sandler gave a powerful speech on wealth to a room of billionaires, celebrities and executives, including tech founders Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.” False.
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Fact Crescendo rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg/Meta purchased Ray-Ban for $3.5 billion.” Misleading.
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Snopes rated the claim “Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched his own dog meat farm in Hawaii.” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg said the corporate world needs more "masculine energy."” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended a decision to fly a Confederate flag at Facebook's headquarters.” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In 2003, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the program from a classmate, Chris Hughes. Hughes went missing not long after, and Zuckerberg passed off Facebook as his own invention.” False.
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“We now have a U.S. administration that is proud of our leading companies, prioritizes American technology winning and that will defend our values and interests abroad.”
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo shared online in May 2024 authentically shows Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg rubbing noses and cuddling.” Fake.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg posted about the Meta outage on his X account” Satire.
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“My goal is to not have a job. Making cool things is just something I love doing, and not having someone tell me what to do or a timeframe in which to do it is the luxury I am looking for in my life.”
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“Connectivity just can’t be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation. And that’s why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can.”
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And won both a silver and gold medal in gi and no gi, competing at white belt
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“I'm really focused on open source, which is, I'm not sure exactly where it would fit on the continuum, but my theory of this is that what you want to prevent is one organization from getting way more advanced and powerful than everyone else.”
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Was ranked eighth with a personal wealth of $106 billion (equivalent to $112,008,519,004 in 2025)
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Zuckerberg took up training in both mixed martial arts (MMA) and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), and has been open about his love for the two sports
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Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding Facebook's role in the spread of misinformation and hate speech on the platform
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The US Senate Commerce Committee unanimously voted to issue subpoenas to the CEOs of three top tech firms, including Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Twitter's Jack Dorsey
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Facebook integrated the chat systems for Instagram and Messenger on both iOS and Android devices
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a near-unanimous, non-binding measure condemning the renaming, citing concerns that a public hospital should not be named after an individual whose social media platform is a
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“I think the ability to be immersed and feel present with the people around you or the people who you care about is, from my perspective, clearly the next frontier.[on the metaverse]”
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He also funded a state-level ballot initiative for the 2020 general election that would raise taxes by altering California's Proposition 13 to require the tax assessment of commercial and industrial properties in the state at market rate.
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Reported net worth: $69.8B (as of 2019).
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At Harvard's 366th commencement day, Zuckerberg, after giving a commencement speech, received an honorary degree from Harvard
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Zuckerberg called for action to stop global warming in a commencement speech at Harvard University
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In January 2017, Zuckerberg criticized Donald Trump's executive order to harshly limit immigrants and refugees from some countries.
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Zuckerberg sent out a company-wide internal memo to employees formally rebuking employees who had crossed out handwritten "Black Lives Matter" phrases on the company walls and had written "All Lives Matter" in their plac
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On February 24, 2016, Zuckerberg sent out a company-wide internal memo to employees formally rebuking employees who had crossed out handwritten "Black Lives Matter" phrases on the company walls and had written "All Lives Matter" in their place.
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“I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important.”
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That, "I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important
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CZI gave $600 million (equivalent to $804,908,486 in 2025) to create the tax-exempt charity Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a collaborative research space in San Francisco's Mission Bay district near the University of California
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Which said that he wants "to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world" in response to the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks and the 2015 San Bernardino attack
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The couple pledged to transfer 99% of their Facebook shares, then valued at $45 billion (equivalent to $61,122,420,329 in 2025), to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
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Zuckerberg placed a statement on his Facebook wall on December 9, 2015, which said that he wants "to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world" in response to the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks and the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
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Zuckerberg purchased 700 acres of land on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi
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The Washington Post reported that Zuckerberg's Facebook profile was hacked by an unemployed web developer
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Revealed that Zuckerberg actively engaged with Facebook users on his own profile page after the online publication of a FWD
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Zuckerberg led the launch of a 501(c)(4) lobbying group called FWD
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Numerous liberal and progressive groups, such as The League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn
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On April 11, 2013, Zuckerberg led the launch of a 501(c)(4) lobbying group called FWD.us.
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Zuckerberg launched Internet
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Later that year, Zuckerberg hosted a campaign fundraiser for then-Newark mayor Cory Booker, who was running in the 2013 New Jersey special Senate election.
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In February 2013, Zuckerberg hosted his first ever fundraising event for then-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
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In June 2013, Zuckerberg joined Facebook employees in a company float as part of the annual San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Celebration.
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A media report on June 20, 2013, revealed that Zuckerberg actively engaged with Facebook users on his own profile page after the online publication of a FWD.us video.
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When questioned about the mid-2013 PRISM scandal at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in September 2013, Zuckerberg stated that the U.S. government "blew it".
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Federal authorities arrested Ceglia, charging him with mail and wire fraud and of "tampering with, destroying and fabricating evidence in a scheme to defraud the Facebook founder of billions of dollars"
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Zuckerberg met with then-Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow to stimulate social media innovation in Russia and to boost Facebook's position in the Russian market
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In the grounds of his mansion in an event that also celebrated her graduation from medical school
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In December 2012, Zuckerberg donated 18 million shares to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a community organization that includes education in its list of grant-making areas.
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Facebook had roughly 9 million users in Russia, while domestic clone VK had around 34 million
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Producer Scott Rudin thanked Facebook and Zuckerberg "for his willingness to allow us to use his life and work as a metaphor through which to tell a story about communication and the way we relate to each other"
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With 70 employees, and this number increased to 700 for the 2013 march
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"because he values his privacy much more than he values yours"
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Saturday Night Live lampooned Zuckerberg and Facebook
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Starring Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg
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Zuckerberg reported that Facebook had reached the 500-million-user mark
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Facebook's website was temporarily blocked in Pakistan until Facebook removed the contest from its website at the end of May
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In September 2010, with the support of Governor Chris Christie, Booker obtained a US$100 million (equivalent to $147,642,301 in 2025) pledge from Zuckerberg to Newark Public Schools.
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Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and investor Warren Buffett signed The Giving Pledge, in which they said they would donate to charity at least half of their wealth over the course of time, and invited others among the wealthy to
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Steven Levy, who wrote the 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, wrote that Zuckerberg "clearly thinks of himself as a hacker"
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“I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive.”
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“Instant messages sent by Zuckerberg during Facebook's early days, reported by Business Insider (May 13, 2010)”
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Zuckerberg was chosen as number 16 in New Statesman's annual survey of the world's 50 most influential figures
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The same year when Facebook eclipsed more than half a billion users
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The case settled and Facebook agreed to transfer over 1
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Then Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Spokeswoman, Elma Rosas, told Bloomberg that Zuckerberg is listed as "no preference" on voter rolls, and he voted in at least two of the past three general elections, in 2008 and 2012.
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At age 23 and has consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people
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2011, 2016, 2019 and 2025, and nominated him as a finalist several other times
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Zuckerberg was added to MIT Technology Review's TR35 list as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35
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Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and Facebook, alleging that Zuckerberg had illegally spent Saverin's money on personal expenses
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Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook", originally located at thefacebook
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That an initial fee of $1,000 (equivalent to $1,750 in 2025) entitled Ceglia to 50% of the website's revenue, as well as an additional 1% interest in the business per day after January 1, 2004, until website completion
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In 2002, Zuckerberg registered to vote in Westchester County, New York, where he grew up, but did not cast a ballot until November 2008.
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Had already achieved a "reputation as a programming prodigy"
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Zuckerberg registered to vote in Westchester County, New York, where he grew up, but did not cast a ballot until November 2008
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Born 1984-05-14.
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In White Plains, New York, to Jewish parents Dr
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