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Zuckerberg was born
Mark Zuckerberg was born. -
Zucknet
At 12 years old he made his first messaging system called Zucknet, so his father could talk to his employees easily while at work. -
Synapse
Mark created Synapse in high school, a music app that would help people find artists based on their music taste. He was offered 1 million dollars for the app by Microsoft and AOL but decided to turn down the offer and keep it free. -
Mark was accepted into Harvard
In 2002 Mark Zuckerberg went to college for the first time, studying computer science and psychology. -
Mark met his wife
Mark Zuckerberg met his wife Priscilla Chan while waiting in a line to use the bathroom at a Harvard University party. -
TheFacebook was launched
Mark Zuckerberg created the first version of Facebook, a website where Harvard students could connect with each other. -
Mark had his first interview on CNBC
Mark Zuckerberg talked about his hopes for TheFacebook on his first ever interview, hoping gaining attention from people who were watching it of them to check out TheFacebook -
Rebranding TheFacebook
Mark changed TheFacebooks name to Facebook. -
Facebook blowing up
Facebook went from 12 million users to 50 million, which would soon double up to 100 million by the end of 2008. -
He becomes the worlds youngest self made billionaire
He was named the worlds youngest self made billionaire. -
Facebook reaching 1 billion users
Facebook reached 1 billion users, and it went public and valued at 104 billion dollars. -
Mark bought Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram for around 1 billion dollars. -
Mark buys WhatsApp
Mark Zuckerberg buys WhatsApp for 19 billion. -
Start of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Mark and his wife started the Chan Zuckerberg initiative, a philanthropy to build new technologies to help science and education. -
Rebranding as Meta
Mark changed Facebooks name to Meta.