{"id":12732,"date":"2023-12-03T03:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2023-12-03T03:30:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:30:20","slug":"where-was-mark-zuckerberg-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/where-was-mark-zuckerberg-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Was Mark Zuckerberg Born"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, the son of Edward and Karen Zuckerberg. He grew up in the nearby town of Dobbs Ferry and attended Ardsley High School. He was a bright and well-rounded student, but was particularly proficient in computers and programming. He created a messaging program for the school network and logged onto AOL for the first time to join AOL’s Instant Messenger network. After that, he ventured out into programming and founded exclusive student networks.<\/p>\n

At only 12 years old, Mark developed a music player called the Synapse Media Player, which he sent to a number of Microsoft and AOL executives. This impressive feat earned him admittance to Phillips Exeter Academy, a prestigious New England prep school. There he wrote a client-server program he called “ZuckNet”, which allowed all the computer in his home to communicate with each other. His parents even used it to keep track of him when he was out with friends.<\/p>\n

There, Mark continued to follow his passions for programming and computer science. He also founded a company with his friend, Divya Narendra, called ConnectU. ConnectU was an early precursor to Facebook and was created to connect college students at Harvard. He was also an early adopter of the social networking site, Friendster, which he used as an example when he created TheFacebook in 2004.<\/p>\n

TheFacebook was initially exclusive to Harvard students and quickly grew in popularity. By 2005, it was available to students at all colleges and universities and was renamed Facebook. Facebook became an instant sensation and has grown to become one of the world’s largest companies in its class. As of June 2020, the company had over 2.7 billion monthly active users. <\/p>\n