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Mark Elliot 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[citation needed].

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Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

Technology / Business

Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.

Young entrepreneurs get tips from Facebook-Twitter

Technology / Internet

Oct 25, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Facebook and Twitter stars shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.

Facebook to end Beacon tracking tool in settlement

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Sep 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over tracking of user activities at ...

Facebook says it passed key financial milestone

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Sep 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it achieved an important financial milestone, bringing in more money than it spent in the last quarter. The social networking site previously had said it didn't expect to ...

Five Facebook users are suing the social network

Five users sue Facebook for being too social a network

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Aug 18, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 2

Five Facebook users are suing the social network for doing what made it an online superstar -- letting members share aspects of their lives on the Web.

Facebook claims 250 million users

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Jul 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the number of people using the online social networking service has climbed to 250 million.

Offer puts value of at least $6.5B on Facebook

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Jul 13, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to put it at $6.5 billion to $10 billion.

Former Facebook exec Van Natta to be MySpace CEO

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Apr 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- With MySpace falling behind Facebook as the world's largest online social network, MySpace tapped a former Facebook executive as its new CEO on Friday.