Wednesday 12 September 2012

Mark Zuckerberg


Mark Zuckerberg is another famous entrepreneur in the IT world. He is an American computer programmer and the internet entrepreneur. He is said to be concurring the internet database through his famous social network called Facebook. His interest in the computers and software began as a hobby. He started writing on them in his middle school. His father was a dental practitioner but he did not choose to follow his father’s footsteps.  He co-joined his friends to create computer games as his friends were artists. He developed his interest very soon before his college days and he went on further in this field gaining more knowledge and interests.

Soon he developed Facebook along with his other five friends and this social webpage has become very famous among teenagers and now everyone regardless of age is using this network for communication purposes.

Mark made a lot of profit via this social network and he donated almost half of it to the charity. He started on a foundation for education purpose to help the public schools in New Jersey. Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and investor Warren Buffett signed a promise they called the "Giving Pledge", in which they promised to donate to charity at least half of their wealth over the course of time, and invited others among the wealthy to donate 50% or more of their wealth to charity. He set an example to other entrepreneurs on being a philanthropist and being generous especially to the needy. He keeps “openness, making things that help people connect and share what's important to them, revolutions, information flow, minimalism" as his philosophy which makes him a successful person in the world of entrepreneurship. He is definitely a good example to the young entrepreneurs for his tremendous success at a relatively young age and also how to channel earnings in a good way to the needy ones in a proper way. 



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