Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American tech entrepreneur and the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, Inc.

Born in White Plains, New York, he grew up in Dobbs Ferry and attended Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Harvard University, where he studied psychology and computer science. While at Harvard, he launched Facebook in 2004 with fellow students Andrew McCollum, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz; initially limited to Harvard and other Ivy League campuses, it expanded to the general public in 2006.

Facebook grew into a leading social networking platform and expanded through acquisitions such as Instagram (2012), WhatsApp (2014), and Oculus VR (2014). In 2021 the company was renamed Meta Platforms, reflecting a broader focus on building the metaverse and investments in virtual reality and augmented reality.

Zuckerberg has been involved in philanthropy; in 2015 he and Priscilla Chan established the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to advance health, education, science and opportunity.

His tenure has been marked by regulatory and privacy scrutiny, including data privacy incidents and political advertising concerns; the company has faced antitrust inquiries in the United States and abroad. Zuckerberg continues to lead Meta's strategy for social networking and its expanding investments in AR/VR and other platforms.