• Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of the online social networking website Facebook, which he created while he was a student at Harvard University in 2004.Facebook: Executive Bios

  On July 14, 2009, author Ben Mezrich will be releasing his novel The Accidental Billionaires, inspired by and loosely based on the founding of Facebook and the severing of the friendship between Zuckerberg and Edouardo Saverin. A film version of the book, called The Social Network, is also in the works. It is being adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Kevin Spacey. David Fincher is also said to be in talks to director the film.http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/25/technology/founding_of_facebook.fortune/?postversion=2009062512

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
  2. Born: May 14, 1984
  3. Education: Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University
  4. Net worth in 2008: $1.5 billionForbes: #785 Mark Zuckerberg (March 5, 2008)

• Early years

  Zuckerberg attended the prestigious prep school Phillips Exeter Academy. While he was there, he and his roommate built a WinAmp plug-in that would track a user's music preferences and craft playlists based on his or her taste. Both he and his roommate were recruited by several major companies, including AOL and Microsoft, but decided to go to college instead.02138: Poking Facebook (November/December 2007)

• Harvard

  At Harvard, he engaged in several hacking projects, including one that pulled photos of current students from a Harvard University database. He founded Facebook from his dorm room, and it became very successful in a short time. He dropped out of Harvard and moved to Silicon Valley.02138: Poking Facebook (November/December 2007)

• Controversy

  Harvard classmates Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss have claimed Zuckerberg stole their concept and business plan, and brought him to court in 2008. However, the judge ruled in favor of Facebook.Mercury News: Facebook wins fight against ConnectU (June 6, 2008)

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• Forbes

  Zuckerberg was listed as number 321 on the 2008 list of the "Forbes 400 Richest Americans," temporarily giving him the title of World's Youngest BillionaireForbes: #321 Mark Zuckerberg (September 17, 2008) In 2009, he dropped off the Forbes billionaires list, as a drop in Facebook's valuation caused his personal worth to drop below $1 billion. The title of World's Youngest Billionaire was returned to the man who had it before Zuckerberg - Germany's Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis.CNET News: Zuckerberg gets poked off Forbes billionaire list (March 11, 2009)

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