People Who Shaped IT – Mark Zuckerberg # 1

Mark Zuckerberg is an American Programmer and the chairman,CEO and Co founder of Facebook. Born on May 14 1984 in New York.Mark Zuckerberg founded the FaceBook.com on February 4 2004. He was a student at Harvard University then, it said the said idea of facbook came from, the phillips Exeter Academy,Where he previously studied. The institution had its own student directory, which they referred to as the facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg thus created a directory for Harvard which enabled Students to enter their own information  and template. The response was huge. soon the founders roommate Dustin Moskovitz helped him add features and make the site available to others campuses too.

Though FaceBook the user could not only keep in touch with other, but also create attractive profiles upload photos and videos too.

The site is no time, started growing popular among internet users in the US and then expanded to the whole World. As March 31, 2016 Facebook has more than 1.6 billion active users, Making it the most popular social networking sites.

The success of Facebook turned Mark Zuckerberg into billionaires. Since 2010, he has been on the Time Magazine's list of the 100 Wealthiest People in the World. He was also in the Forbes list of the World's Most powerful people.



Mark Zuckerberg is also a philanthropist. He has donated millions for causes includings educations and Health. He Founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 2015, and pledged to donate 99 per cent of their Facebook Share for various causes.