Facebook Founder and Internet Entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg
Chapter 1 8 8888 Mark Zuckerberg discusses the need for Internet access at a conference in October 2014 Fs GROWING UP rom a very young age Mark Eliot Zuckerberg had a knack for computers Like many other kids he loved to play video games But Mark also liked to program computers When he was only twelve years old Mark created a software program
r he called ZuckNet ZuckNet allowed people on the same computer network to send one another notes instantly Mark's father Edward Zuckerberg used it in his dental office and the Zuckerberg family used it to communicate at home ZuckNet was the first time Mark used computers to Connect people but it wouldn't be the last Years later Mark would develop a social networking website called Facebook The site which allows friends to connect by sharing photos stories and videos has become more popular than Mark or anyone else ever imagined Atari made computers for home use in the 1980s Mark learned how to program on his dad's Atari computer D AAR TTTTTTTPBETHEPHE 3 8 5
2 H NE AINES LAR IN E Ge Mark was born in White Plains New York EARLY YEARS Mark was born in White Plains New York on May 14 1984 He grew up in the small town of Dobbs Ferry where his father was a dentist who saw patients in an office attached to the family home Mark's mother Karen stayed home to take care of him his older sister Randi and his two younger sisters Donna and
Mark spent a lot of time on the computer when he was a kid Often instead of playing video games Mark and his friends would create their own Mark had many friends who loved to draw so they would come over and draw pictures Then Mark would use those pictures to create games Mark s parents could see that their son was naturally talented in computer programming Around the age of twelve Mark began taking a graduate level computer class at a nearby college On his first day though the instructor thought Mark's dad was the student not him Os Edward Zuckerberg encouraged his son's interest in computers as a teenager 9 8 7
