The Journey Of Facebook
Facebook came into existence in March 2004 and has become globally popular today. This site is developed by Mark Zukerberg, a Harvard university student along with his friends. Initially access to this site was limited for the students of Harvard university and was later made open for the students of other colleges and universities. Soon the site became very popular among the students. The rising popularity immediately made the site open for teenagers of above 13 years and gradually Facebook won the heart of the people all over the world.
The founder and owner of Facebook, Mark Zukerberg is only 28 years old. He was born on 14 May 1984. His complete name is Mark Elliot Zukerberg. His father is a dentist and mother is a psychiatrist. Mark began to develop interest in programming from the age of 12 years. Seeing the interest of Mark in computers , his father appointed a private tutor for him. As a kid, Mark has developed many computer games just for the sake of fun. He started using Atari basic from a very young age. He developed a programme for sending messages within his house and this programme was used in his Dad's clinic to make the patient know that their turn to meet the doctor has arrived. This network was known as Zukernet. Writing new programmes was Mark's hobby. After completing his schooling, he took admission in Harvard college and began his college life. During his college days, he developed a site called Facemas. The programme invited suggestions from the students on the photos posted on the site. But this programme was closed after some days and Mark was criticized for using the photos for his site without permission. He also had to apologize for this openly. But his this effort has proved inspiring for him in the production of Facebook. The academy in which Mark used to study had a directory in which the photos and information of the students studying in that academy was stored. This directory was known as Facebook and it is said that from this the name Facebook is given to the site.
The success which Mark has achieved is many times greater than his age. He has brought revolution in the world of web. Facebook has successfully maintained its top position by crossing several levels of offers coming from many big business groups. He has once said in his interview that me and my men are not in need of many but we want to provide best service to the people. Today, Zukerberg is the youngest billionaire of the world. There are 900 million user of Facebook. The effect of Facebook is so tremendous that once a German girl has publicly posted invitation of her birthday on Facebook. The result of which, 1600 people gathered on her birthday party and police force was called to control the public.
Facebook has enabled us to connect with friends of school and college days. We can meet these people daily on Facebook and can participate in their joy and sorrows. Terrorists are also becoming fans of Facebook thus making he police force easy to find and reach them. Nowadays, the employer check the Facebook profile of the candidates before appointing them. Facebook has given the common man the strength to create a social revolution.It has provided a platform to the common man to state his/her opinion openly on various social and political issues. It has also played an important role in increasing internet literacy.
Basically Mark is a drop out of Harvard university. He does not have a degree of any business school. But still he has successfully managed the site of Facebook. The atmosphere of Facebook office is extremely open and free. No one is boss in the office. The employees the enjoys the same freedom as we enjoy while using the Facebook site. The personality and lifestyle of Zukerberg is extremely simple. He is never seen in corporate costumes. The American paparazzi, who are habitual of seeing the high profile lifestyle of the celebrities are very astonished by seeing simple Mark. Mark goes to the market on Sundays like a common man and eats Mexican sandwiches while sitting on the ground. In 2010, a film called The social Network was made on this youngest billionaire of the world. This film bagged three Oscars. He has mentioned topics like connectivity, sharing, openness on his page under personal interest.
The 28-year-old Mark ranks fourteenth in the list of world's richest people. This rich young man is colorblind. Due to this the color of Facebook is blue because Mark has the knowledge of blue color. Facebook has opened its shares for common man on 18th May and Facebook has made profits in crores from these shares. Today Facebook has 1700 employees and its main office is situated in Menlo Park in California. It has its branch offices in 12 countries. The site is absolutely free and the simplicity of Mark has played an important role in making Facebook so easy and free to use. Mark's marriage was also a simple event. He got married on 18th May and only 100 people were invited for his marriage and surprisingly the invitees were not aware as for what they were invited. Such a special common Mark Zukerberg is an idol for the young generation.
Source: Wikipedia
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