Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984)
is an American computer programmer,
internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He
is the chairman, chief executive officer, and
co-founder of social networking website
Facebook .His net worth is estimated
to be US $55.3 billion as of October 2016,
ranking him as the 5th richest person in the
world .
Together with his college roommates and
fellow Harvard University students Eduardo
Saverin , Andrew McCollum , Dustin
Moskovitz , and Chris Hughes , he launched
Facebook from Harvard's dormitory rooms.
The group then introduced Facebook to
other campuses. Facebook expanded
rapidly, with one billion users by 2012.
Zuckerberg was involved in various legal
disputes that were initiated by others in the
group, who claimed a share of the company
based upon their involvement during the
development phase of Facebook.
In December 2012, Zuckerberg and his wife
Priscilla Chan announced they would give the
majority of their wealth over the course of
their lives to "advancing human potential and
promoting equality" in the spirit of The
Giving Pledge .On December 1, 2015, they
announced they would give 99% of their
Facebook shares (worth about $45 billion at
the time) to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Since 2010, Time magazine has named
Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and
most influential people in the world as a part
of its Person of the Year distinction.