MARK ZUKERBERG
HE WAS HARVARD FRESH MAN WITH THE GIFT FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.
LESS THAN A DECADE LATER, HE IS THE FACE OF A MULTI BILLIONAIRE POWER BROKER THAT CONNECTS OVER 1 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. CURRENTLY HE WAS ONLY 31, AND IS ONE OF THE 5 FOUNDERS OF THE BIGGEST SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE - FACEBOOK. IN 2016 HIS NET WORTH ESTIMATED WAS $48.9 BILLION. TODAY WE TELL YOU THE AMAZING STORY OF THIS YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, WHO BECAME AN IDEAL FOR EVERY STARTUP ENTHUSIASM ACROSS THE WORLD.
HIS CODING EXPERIENCE BEGAN WITH LEARNING THE ATARI BASED PROGRAMMING WITH THE HELP OF HIS FATHER, BUT HE WAS LEARNING SO FAST THAT HIS DAD NEEDED TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER JUST TO TRAINED HIM. HE TOOK A COLLEGE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. HE BUILT A PROGRAM CALLED ZACK MACK. HE ALSO USED HIS CREATIVITY TO BUILT THE GAMES. MARK BUILD A WEBSITE THAT SHOW 2 PICTURES OF MALES AND 2 OF FEMALE IN IT. PEOPLE'S VISITED THE SITE ADD TO CHOOSE WHICH POSE WAS HOTTER. THIS SITE WAS CALLED FACE MASH AND IT WENT OUT IN JUST 1 WEEK. IT WAS BUILT JUST FOR FUN BUT IT BECAME SO POPULAR THAT THE COLLEGE STARTED DOWN BECAUSE OF ITS POPULARITY. AS IT CAUSE THE HARVARD SEVER TO CRACK BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY LOADED CODES AND ALSO SOME STUDENTS DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THEIR PICTURES BEING USED WITHOUT PERMISSION AND MARK ZUKERBERG WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIES FOR HIS ACTION. IN 2004, HE BEGAN DEVELOPING THE NEW WEBSITE, WHICH HE CALLED FACEBOOK ALONG WITH EDUARDO SAVERIN, ANDRE McCOLLUM, CHRIS HUGHES AND DUSTIN MOSKOVITA, WERE THE OTHER CO-FOUNDER OF THE WEBSITE. THE SITE WAS INITIALLY A HARVARD SITE BUT SOON IT EXPANDED TO THE OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY. IT EXPAND REALLY FAST AND MARK DECIDED TO DROP DOWN THE COLLEGE AND DEDICATE HIS TIME TO HIS WEBSITE. BY 2005, THE FACEBOOK WAS RENAME AS JUST FACEBOOK. BY 2007, THE SITE HAS OVER 100,000 BUSINESSES LISTING THEIR COMPANIES ON FACEBOOK AND CREATING PAGES. BY 2011, IT BECAME THE LARGEST DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH HOST AND HAD OVER 350 MILLION PEOPLE ACCESSING THE SITE. ON MAY 18TH 2012, FACEBOOK MADE ITS IPL OFFERING 421 MILLION SHARES TO INVESTORS AT A PRICE OF $38. THIS AT THE VALUE OF WHOLE COMPANY AT $104 BILLION, WHICH MAKES THE FACEBOOK BIGGEST GROWING SITE , ALMOST EVERY BODY WANTS TO BUY A PAGE OF BOOMING SOCIAL MIRACLE, SO FACEBOOK ALMOST RISING $16 BILLION FROM THE MARKET. JUST 2 WEEK AFTER THE IPL, THE MARKET PRICE OF SHARES FELL DRAMATICALLY BY 27% TO $27.72 PER SHARE.
SOME OF THE INVESTORS LOST AROUND 50 OF THEIR INVESTMENT IN JUST A FEW WEEK. LATER, MORE THAN 40 LOSES WERE FILED JUST AFTER THE 1ST WEEK OF IPL. THE PRICE HOWEVER RECOVER IN 2013 AND CURRENTLY ITS AROUND $41.
NEVERTHELESS MARK ZUKERBERG HAS REMAINED TO HIS INITIAL VISION, TO CREATE A WEBSITE THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD CAN USE TO COMMUNICATE OPENLY AND EASILY TO ONE ANOTHER. HE HAS TURNED DOWN MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL THE SITES, OFTEN FOR MULTI BILLION DOLLAR SOUND. HE CROSSED ALL THE HURDLES ANY HOW AND BUILD A LARGEST ONLINE SOCIAL WEBSITE.
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