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 '''Mark Elliot Zuckerberg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|ʌ|k|ər|b|ɜr|g}}; born {{birth date|1984|05|14}}) is an American [[Media proprietor|media magnate]], internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding [[Facebook, Inc.]] and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.<ref name="FBM">{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/facebook-surges-mark-zuckerberg-pockets-3-8-billion-143114560.html|work=Yahoo! Finance|title=Facebook Surges and Mark Zuckerberg Pockets $3.8 Billion|first=Bernice|last=Napach |date=July 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/20/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120517 |title=Facebook shareholders are wedded to the whims of Mark Zuckerberg |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Michael |last=Hiltzik |date=May 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202155638/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/20/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120517 |archive-date=December 2, 2017 }}</ref> He also is a co-founder of the [[solar sail]] spacecraft development project [[Breakthrough Starshot]] and serves as one of its board members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerberg-joins-100-million-initiative-send-tiny-space-probes-explore-447513|title=Mark Zuckerberg just joined a new project to explore the universe faster|last=Lee|first=Seung|date=April 13, 2016|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref>
-Born in [[White Plains, New York]], Zuckerberg attended [[Harvard University]], where he launched the [[Facebook|Facebook social networking service]] from his dormitory room on February 4, 2004, with college roommates [[Eduardo Saverin]], [[Andrew McCollum]], [[Dustin Moskovitz]], and [[Chris Hughes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3#we-can-talk-about-that-after-i-get-all-the-basic-functionality-up-tomorrow-night-1 |title=At Last&nbsp;– The Full Story Of How Facebook Was Founded|work=Business Insider|first=Nicholas|last=Carlson|date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> Originally launched to select college campuses, the site expanded rapidly and eventually beyond colleges, reaching one billion users by 2012. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. In 2007, at age 23, he became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. As of May 2021, Zuckerberg's net worth is $117.8 billion,<ref name=Bloomberg></ref> making him the [[Bloomberg Billionaires Index|5th-richest person in the world]].<ref name=Bloomberg></ref>
+Born in [[White Plains, New York]], Zuckerberg attended [[Harvard University]], where he launched the [[Facebook|Facebook social networking service]] from his dormitory room on February 4, 2004, with college roommates [[Eduardo Saverin]], [[Andrew McCollum]], [[Dustin Moskovitz]], and [[Chris Hughes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3#we-can-talk-about-that-after-i-get-all-the-basic-functionality-up-tomorrow-night-1 |title=At Last&nbsp;– The Full Story Of How Facebook Was Founded|work=Business Insider|first=Nicholas|last=Carlson|date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> Originally launched to select college campuses, the site expanded rapidly and eventually beyond colleges, reaching one billion users by 2012. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. In 2007, at age 23, he became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. As of May 2021, Zuckerberg's net worth is $117.8 billion,<ref name=Bloomberg /> making him the [[Bloomberg Billionaires Index|5th-richest person in the world]].<ref name=Bloomberg />
 Since 2008, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine has named Zuckerberg among the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] as a part of its [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] award.<ref name="NetWorth">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/|title=Mark Zuckerberg|magazine=Forbes}}</ref><ref name=POTY>{{cite magazine|first=Lev|last=Grossman|author-link=Lev Grossman|url=https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2037183_2037185,00.html|title=Person of the Year 2010: Mark Zuckerberg|date=December 15, 2010|magazine=Time|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817081156/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2036683_2037183_2037185,00.html|archive-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The All-Time TIME 100 of All Time|url=https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2112269_2112278,00.html|access-date=April 20, 2012|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=April 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419230619/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2112269_2112278,00.html|archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked 10th on [[Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People|''Forbes'' list of The World's Most Powerful People]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The World's Most Powerful People|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/12/14/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2016/|newspaper=Forbes|date=December 2016|access-date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>