On May 14, 1984, he was born Mark Zuckerberg. The founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta is the 15th richest man in the world, with a personal fortune of almost 72 billion dollars.
In December 2015, he and his wife Priscilla Chan promised to donate 99% of their property while they live.
The story around how Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his room at Harvard dormitory is more or less well known. But there are some things that few know about him:
1. He claims to speak ancient Greek
When he applied for university, he wrote that he spoke French, Ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew. Of course, it is most likely that the founder of Facebook just took ancient Greek lessons in high school. But Zuckerberg speaks Chinese, as he started classes about a decade ago, initially to be able to communicate with his wife’s older relatives. In the process, however, he became so confident in his abilities that he gave a lecture in Chinese at Peking University.
2. Has color blindness
Zuckerberg does not see red and green, and that probably explains why he chose blue as the color of Facebook. “Blue is the richest color for me. “I can see all the blue,” he said.
3. He has killed a goat with his own hands
Some years ago, he went through a phase where he ate only the meat of animals that he had killed. At the time, he had invited Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to dinner at his home.
“She cooked for me goat for dinner. He had killed the goat. He killed her before I arrived. He kills her with a stun gun and then stabs her. “Then they send her to the butcher,” Dorsey said of that night, revealing that he only ate his salad.
4. Believes that Facebook could have stopped the war in Iraq
“When I was a student, our country had just gone to war with Iraq and at university we could not believe it. Many people felt that we were moving forward without hearing many important aspects and the cost to our soldiers and their families and our national soul was great. “But most of us felt powerless to do anything about it.” “And I remember feeling that if more people had a voice to share their experiences, then maybe things would have turned out differently.”
5. He wore a tie every day for the whole of 2009.
In the early years of Facebook, the international press could not stop talking about the CEO in a sweatshirt, but now everyone is used to his “uniform”. Mark Zuckerberg wears the same gray T-shirt most days (he has a lot) because he does not want to waste time thinking about what to wear every morning.
However, the CEO who introduced casual attire in business, wore a tie every day for the whole of 2009. As he has written on Facebook, he did it to show that it was a serious period for the company.
“After the start of the recession in 2008, I wanted to send a message to everyone on Facebook that this was a serious year for us. “My tie was a symbol of how serious and important this year was and I wore it every day to show it.”
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