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Mark Zuckerberg
Meta · Dobbs Ferry, USA
A 19-year-old who built Facebook in a dorm and refused to sell when Yahoo offered $1B at 22.
Long-term convictionEngineering cultureFounder-mode
Company
Meta
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2004Built Facebook in his Harvard dorm at 19.
- 2012IPO. Mobile transition almost broke the company.
- 2014Acquired WhatsApp for $19B.
- 2021Rebranded to Meta. Bet $10B+/yr on the metaverse.
Struggles
Cambridge Analytica. Senate hearings. Metaverse pivot publicly mocked.
Family
Married Priscilla Chan since college. Three daughters. Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.
Related on Empire
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgMark Zuckerberg on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comMeta — official site
- ↗news.google.comMark Zuckerberg in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comMeta on Crunchbase
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The full story
Mark Zuckerberg, in 1 chapters.
- Ch 01
The story
A 19-year-old who built Facebook in a dorm and refused to sell when Yahoo offered $1B at 22.
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