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born
Mark Zuckerberg born on May 14, 1984, in New York. -
Raise
Raised in a well-educated family. His father ran a dental place. His mother was a psychiatrist. -
Interest
Mark Zuckerberg had interest in an early age. When he was about 12, he used Atari BASIC to create a messaging program he named "Zucknet." -
Teacher
To keep up with Mark's burgeoning interest in computers, his parents hired private computer tutor David Newman to come to the house once a week and work with Mark. -
High school
Zuckerberg later studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive preparatory school in New Hampshire. There he showed talent in fencing, becoming the captain of the school's team. He also excelled in literature, earning a diploma in classics. Yet Zuckerberg remained fascinated by computers, and continued to work on developing new programs. -
Decline the offers
While still in high school, he created an early version of the music software Pandora, which he called Synapse. Several companies—including AOL and Microsoft—expressed an interest in buying the software, and hiring the teenager before graduation. He declined the offers. -
Harvard
After graduating from Exeter in 2002, Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University. -
Sophomore year
By his sophomore year at the ivy league institution, he had developed a reputation as the go-to software developer on campus. -
Starting their work
Based on Mark Zuckerberg's experience, his three friends and he started making a social network called the Harvard connection. -
Facebook
After some reputation they gradually made, they received a huge amount of investments, which later let them upgrade their social network, and started their real company. -
Citation
"Mark Zuckerberg." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 05 Oct. 2016. Web. 20 Feb. 2017.