file edit format view help Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an Amer

ican computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the chairman, chief ex

ecutive officer, and co-founder of Facebook.[4][5] His net worth is estimated to
be US $53.6 billion as of 2017, ranking him the 5th richest person in the world
.[3][6]
Together with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduar
do Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, he launched Fac
ebook from Harvard's dormitory rooms.[7][when?] The group then introduced Facebo
ok to other campuses. Facebook expanded rapidly, with one billion users by 2012.
Zuckerberg was involved in various legal disputes that were initiated by others
in the group, who claimed a share of the company based upon their involvement d
uring the development phase of Facebook.
In December 2012, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced they would gi
ve the majority of their wealth over the course of their lives to "advancing hum
an potential and promoting equality" in the spirit of The Giving Pledge.[8] On D
ecember 1, 2015, they announced they would eventually give 99% of their Facebook
shares (worth about $45 billion at the time) to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
[9][10]
Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most
influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year distinction
.[11][12][13] In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked 10th on Forbes list of The
World's Most Powerful People