Few have a life as lucky as mark zuckerberga 38-year-old programmer who went from being a prodigy who dropped out of Harvard to being the face of Meta, formerly Facebook, a technology and social networking empire that changed the rules of the Internet game.
A report published on the website of ok diary shared nine curiosities about the life of Zuc.
Nine curiosities about the creator of Meta
- mark zuckerberg started programming when he was 12 years old and he came to create a messaging program in his adolescence that his father used in his dental clinic.
- His parents hired a programming tutor to work with him, who even confessed that it was very difficult to do it because Zuckerberg had a very high level, much more than his. She defined him as “a true prodigy.”
- Before graduating from school, received major job offers, including from Microsoft and AOLbut he rejected them all because he wanted to continue his studies.
- mark zuckerberg he only eats meat from animals he has killed himself. Thanks to that, he learned a lot about animal husbandry and sustainable agriculture.
- The creator of Meta is known for having dropped out of Harvard University in his sophomore year to be able to dedicate himself to his company.
- When the social network began to be successful, many companies like MTV and Yahoo! wanted to advertise, but Zuckerberg turned them all down.
- Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan., whom he met at Harvard and with whom he has two daughters in common. When she got married, her guests were told that they were going to celebrate her graduation, in Medicine, and when they arrived from her they found out that it was actually her wedding. Nobody knew.
- He likes to donate money to multiple causes, especially children’s. He gave $100 million to bail out the Newark, New Jersey public school system.
- In 2019, despite having dropped out of Harvard, got a degree in Computer Science at the same university. He was in charge of giving the closing speech of the course.