Mark Zuckerberg is a technology entrepreneur from America. He is the co-founder and the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Facebook. Mark was born on the 14th of May in 1984. He was born and raised in New York and attended Harvard University before dropping out to pursue his ambition to create Facebook, which went on to become the biggest social networking site on the planet. Mark Zuckerberg has three sisters and was raised as a Reformed Jewish. Mark also had a Star Wars themed Bar mitzvah when he was 13 years old. His interest in computers started at a young age when he began developing computer programs in his middle school years.
Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most influential individuals on the planet as his website has more than 2 billion monthly users. He has accumulated massive amounts of wealth thanks to his majority stake in the Facebook Company, which in itself is a multi-billion dollar company. His story was captured on film when The Social Network was released back in 2010. He is currently doing philanthropy work and working to make the internet a more open and better society. His net worth stands at more than $40 billion as of 2019.
- “I mean, the real story is actually pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Our society needs more heroes who are scientists, researchers, and engineers. We need to celebrate and reward the people who cure diseases, expand our understanding of humanity and work to improve people’s lives.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Instead of building walls, we can help build bridges.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Whatever you build, build with care. Anyone who has built something big, has done it with care.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “The question I ask myself like almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?’ Unless I feel like I’m working on the most important problem that I can help with, then I’m not going to feel good about how I’m spending my time.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “My number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “People don’t care about what you say, they care about what you build.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in a cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by fare the thing I am most proud of in my life.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Advertising works most effectively when it’s in line with what people are already trying to do.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “The most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on it, but don’t actually commit to turning it into a company until it actually works.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Connectivity is a human right.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “The Hack Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “You are better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than not doing anything at all.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Give everyone the power to share anything with anyone.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission – to make the world more open and connected.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “Find that thing you are super passionate about.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “One of things that I do focus on at Facebook is making sure the culture is very friendly and that people hang out. So instead of having 20% of people’s time working on projects I make people hang out with each other.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made. I think, if anything, the Facebook story is a great example of how if you’re building a product that people love you can make a lot of mistakes” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “It takes courage to choose hope over fear.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that as if I don’t care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being “just” a company means to me is building something that actually makes a really big change in the world.” – Mark Zuckerberg
- “If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.” – Mark Zuckerberg
