From a Harvard student to one of the most important people in the world, Mark turns 28 with lots of reasons to celebrate.
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was chosen Person of the Year by Time magazine. In the same year he was the subject of a film based on Facebook's history. "The Social Network" won three Oscar categories and projected Mark to the world.
Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and quickly became the the world’s most popular social network. In 2011 Forbes magazine put Mark among the 40 richest in the world list, with a fortune of more than $ 17 billion.
BidPlayers celebrates Mark Zuckerberg's birthday with a list of 10 facts you didn't know about him:
- Mark has three millionaire sisters: Randi, Arielle and Donna. *
- It's impossible to block Mark on Facebook. If you try to do it you automatically goes to a secret list and all your Facebook activities are monitored for 6 months.
- Mark is color blind. He can't see green or red and that's why facebook is blue.
- In 2011 he became vegetarian and since then he only eats meat if he kills the animal by himself.
- He doesn't have a TV at home.
- Mark fluent speaks 5 languages: English, French, Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
- "Zuckerberg" means "sugar mountain" in German.
- Mark's only five foot eight, but looks taller because he stands up very straight.
- While he was still in high school he wrote a program that would recommend music based on what you liked.
- He's family is jewish but he says he is an atheist.
* Randi Zuckerberg, was Marketing Director of Facebook, but she quit to build out the network A to Z Studios.
Donna Zuckerberg: studies at Princeton and manages their father's dental office.
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