Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American entrepreneur and software developer best recognized for creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is CEO and president. It was co-founded as a private business in 2004 by Zuckerberg and classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes while they were students at Harvard University. In 2010, Zuckerberg was named Time magazine's personality of the Year. Zuckerberg voiced himself on an episode of The Simpsons, "Loan-a Lisa", which primary aired on October 3, 2010. In the episode, Lisa Simpson and her friend Nelson encounter Zuckerberg at an entrepreneurs' meeting. Zuckerberg tells Lisa that she does not require graduating from college to be wildly successful, referencing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as examples. Zuckerberg founded the Start-up: Education charity. On September 22, 2010, it was information that Zuckerberg had arranged to donate $100 million to Newark Public Schools, the public school system of Newark, New Jersey. On December 8, 2010, Zuckerberg released a report that he had become a signatory of The Giving Pledge.
| Born Name | Mark Elliot Zuckerberg |
| Date of Birth | May 14, 1984 |
| Place of Birth | White Plains, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | CEO/President of Facebook |
| Known for | Co-founding Facebook in 2004; becoming world's youngest billionaire as of 2008 |
| Net worth | increase US$12.5 billion |
| Awards | Time Person of the Year 2010 |
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