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Mark Zuckerberg

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Mark Zuckerberg · Economics & Business

What

Founder of Facebook

When

1984, White Plains, New York, USA

Where

United States

Founded
FacebookFacebook2004
Biography

Mark Zuckerberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founder of Facebook

How & why

Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room in 2004, building it into the world's largest social network and a foundation of modern digital communication. He was raised in a Jewish family in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and had a bar mitzvah; he has spoken publicly about his Jewish upbringing. Facebook (later Meta) reshaped how billions of people connect and share information.

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Source: Social media revolution

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Founder of Facebook

2004

Source: Social media revolution