MARK ZUCKERBERG

Mark Zuckerberg, (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard student, he created the online social website Facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Facebook is a social networking site popular worldwide. Zuckerberg serves as Facebook's CEO. He has been the subject of controversy for the origins of his business and his wealth.

Time Magazine added Zuckerberg as one of The World's Most Influential People of 2008. Zuckerberg fell under the Scientists & Thinkers category for his web phenomenon, Facebook, and ranked 52 out of 101 people. (via Wikipedia)

From The Blogsphere

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Becomes Poster Child for New Privacy Settings

via wired.com ( 60 Days ago )
Facebook is pushing users to stop being so private with their information, and from the looks of it, founder Mark Zuckerberg is leading the charge by sharing photos of himself at parties and with his girlfriend. Facebook execs have in the past largely kept their profiles locked down, even as 80 percent of Facebook users stick with the default privacy settings that have long made [...]

Week in review: Mark Zuckerberg’s evolution, Google Wave’s preview, and more

via venturebeat.com ( 129 Days ago )
Here’s our rundown of the week’s tech and business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO — “Facebook’s founder, who was under drinking age when he received his first investment round from a venture capitalist five years ago (investor Jim Breyer once complained he couldn’t [...]

Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO

via venturebeat.com ( 130 Days ago )
About six months ago, critics pummeled Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He’d made questionable management decisions, or so it appeared from the outside. He’d fumbled the site’s redesign and botched the company’s terms of service agreement — moves that whipped up negative publicity and user backlash. Some people asked whether it was time for Zuckerberg [...]

Confirmed: Eisenberg, Timberlake and Garfield Cast in David Fincher’s The Social Network

via slashfilm.com ( 140 Days ago )
Variety has confirmed a casting rumor report from last month for David Fincher big screen adaptation of The Social Network. Jesse Eisenberg has signed to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (how perfect is that casting?), Andrew Garfield is set to play Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and Justin Timberlake will play internet entrepreneur Sean Parker (Napster). Production will [...]

Eisenberg, Timberlake & Garfield to Star in Facebook Movie

via comingsoon.net ( 140 Days ago )
Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have cast Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield in The Social Network , the drama about the formation of Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin. Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook 's founding president; and Andrew Garfield will [...]

Exclusive Interview: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

via fastcompany.com ( 141 Days ago )
This interview was conducted during research for my book, Viral Loop. You can read an excerpt here at Fast Company, or find out what your friends are really worth by installing the Viral Loop widget. While still a teenager Mark Zuckerberg coded and launched Facebook--a digital version of the traditional college facebook--in his Harvard dorm room in February 2004. Within weeks virtually [...]

Facebook Hits 300M Users, Is Cash-Flow Positive

via gigaom.com ( 147 Days ago )
Facebook said today that its global audience has grown to 300 million users and that it’s cash-flow positive. The social network’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post today that: Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow positive sometime in 2010, and I’m pleased to share that we achieved this milestone last quarter. This is important to us because [...]

3 Internet VIPs: Part I

via collegehumor.com ( 168 Days ago )
You all know about certain Internet figures. You know about Craig and Tom and Mark Zuckerberg and Vinton Cerf and Ashton Kutcher, but there are a lot of people you might not know. A lot of very insane people. Today we begin to celebrate those people:UlillilliaHis website's welcome message starts, "Welcome to Ulillillia City! In Ulillillia City, you'll find tips [...]

Kushner Launches New Paper; Zuckerberg Wants More Staffers

via mediabistro.com ( 168 Days ago )
Seemingly oblivious to the economy, Observer owner Jared Kushner launches a (print!) real estate newspaper and fellow young media mogul Mark Zuckerberg plans to increase Facebook's workforce by 50 percent. Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.25.09 Revolving Door Listings | Archive Share Your News! New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg could get Shia LaBeouf treatment on screen

via nydailynews.com ( 217 Days ago )
Sony's hotly anticipated Facebook film isn't solely the brainchild of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin - the movie is based on Ben Mezrich's "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal."