From the Editor
  • A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 for students to match names with photos of classmates.
  • Zuckerberg took Facebook public in 2012; he now owns about 13% of the company's stock.
  • Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021 to shift the company's focus to the metaverse.
  • In 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of their Meta stake over their lifetimes.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
40
Source of Wealth
Facebook, Self Made
Self-Made Score
8
Philanthropy Score
2
Residence
Palo Alto, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Drop Out, Harvard University
Did you know
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are spending $3 billion in an attempt to end, cure or manage all disease by the year 2100.
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg purchased $59 million worth of waterfront property on Lake Tahoe in California.
In Their Own Words

We may not have the power to create the world we want immediately, but we can all start working on the long term today.

Mark Zuckerberg
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