I hate mark zuckerberg biography

Until pretty recently, if you thought of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, you’d probably come up with a flesh-and-blood automaton whose mission to connect the world turned into the upending of political systems and poisoning of our information environment — not to mention that weird metaverse side project. Accusations his platform helped get Donald Trump elected in 2016 led to a series of scandals the company struggled to effectively respond to — at least until another billionaire rose to take his crown.

By July 2023, some of Zuckerberg’s detractors were ready to give him a pass because they’d found a new enemy. That month, Meta launched Threads, its competitor to an increasingly right-wing and conspiracy-filled Twitter/X. Zuckerberg’s opportunistic move to take advantage of Twitter’s struggles under its new owner was recast by some of Elon Musk’s newfound critics as a political move to show Meta was different. All of a sudden, a company with one of the worst reputations in tech was being positioned as something of a liberal darling.

Zuckerberg’s new fans wanted to see him as Musk’s foil — the better social media baron — despite history showing they were two sides of the same coin. The billionaires even played into the supposed rivalry by suggesting they were going to physically fight one another, as robotic Zuckerberg morphed into a mixed martial arts enthusiast. When he unveiled a more muscular build, alongside baggy shirts and gold chains a little later, segments of social media went wild and it seemed like the days of being one the most hated corporate executives in Silicon Valley were behind him. But Zuckerberg was never who those newfound Musk haters wanted him to be.

In 2023, Meta had lifted its ban on Donald Trump, before rolling back the final restrictions on July 12, 2024. The following day, Trump suffered an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Zuckerberg called Trump to say he was “praying” for him, and less than a week later he said Trump was a “ba

Top note: Hey friends. In my last essay, I highlighted LA Mutual Aid’s efforts to coordinate a web of support in response to the LA County fires. Since publishing the piece, I learned that a friend, Katie Clark, lost her apartment in the Eaton fire. I got to know Katie when she took a Barnraisers class— she is one of the most thoughtful organizers I’ve ever met, both in her home of Altadena and nationally (she’s a public library trustee who organizes librarians against fascism). Shortly before the fires, she had volunteered to help build a community of Southern California-based Barnraisers alums. That’s the kind of person she is— always looking for more opportunities to connect. There’s currently a gofundme to support her and her partner. The goal is $15,000 and I truly believe that we can get there.

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“You only believe in starting one of these companies if you believe in giving people a voice.”

-Mark Zuckerberg 

This weekend, I cleaned my house and listened to one of the most powerful men in media interview one of the most powerful men in the field of making us miserable. 

I’m stretching the truth there. I couldn’t take the three hour Joe Rogan Experience in one fell swoop, so I spread it out over the course of a weekend. Grocery shopping? Joe and Zuck. Making blueberry pancakes both for my own children as well as the other two children who slept over our house on Saturday night? You already know. Helping reassure somebody else’s child that they would get to sleep eventually and that everything would be all right? No, I was completely present for that part. That’s my commitment to you, fellow parents: If your child is staying over at my house and needs “I can’

American businessman (born 1984)

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Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy.

Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. He became the world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2008, at age 23, and has consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals. According to Forbes, as of February 2025, Zuckerberg's estimated net worth stood at US$254.1 billion, making him the second richest individual in the world, behind Elon Musk and before Jeff Bezos.

Zuckerberg has used his funds to organize multiple large donations, including the establishment of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. A film depicting Zuckerberg's early career, legal troubles and initial success with Facebook, The Social Network, was released in 2010 and won multiple Academy Awards. His prominence and fast rise in the technology industry has prompted political and legal attention.

Early life

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, to psychiatrist Karen (née Kempner) and dentist Edward Zuckerberg. He and his three sisters (Arielle, Randi, and Donna) were raised in a Reform Jewish household in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Their great-grandparents were emigrants from Austria, Germany, and Poland. Zuckerberg initially attended Ar

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room six years ago. Five hundred million people have joined since, and eight hundred and seventy-nine of them are his friends. The site is a directory of the world’s people, and a place for private citizens to create public identities. You sign up and start posting information about yourself: photographs, employment history, why you are peeved right now with the gummy-bear selection at Rite Aid or bullish about prospects for peace in the Middle East. Some of the information can be seen only by your friends; some is available to friends of friends; some is available to anyone. Facebook’s privacy policies are confusing to many people, and the company has changed them frequently, almost always allowing more information to be exposed in more ways.

According to his Facebook profile, Zuckerberg has three sisters (Randi, Donna, and Arielle), all of whom he’s friends with. He’s friends with his parents, Karen and Edward Zuckerberg. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and attended Harvard University. He’s a fan of the comedian Andy Samberg and counts among his favorite musicians Green Day, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, and Shakira. He is twenty-six years old.

Zuckerberg cites “Minimalism,” “Revolutions,” and “Eliminating Desire” as interests. He likes “Ender’s Game,” a coming-of-age science-fiction saga by Orson Scott Card, which tells the story of Andrew (Ender) Wiggin, a gifted child who masters computer war games and later realizes that he’s involved in a real war. He lists no other books on his profile.

Zuckerberg’s Facebook friends have access to his e-mail address and his cell-phone number. They can browse his photograph albums, like one titled “The Great Goat Roast of 2009,” a record of an event held in his back yard. They know that, in early July, upon returning from the annual Allen & Company retreat for Hollywood moguls, Wall Street tycoons, and tech titans, he became Facebook friends with Barry Diller. So