The entrepreneur who changed the study habits of students… Mark Zuckerberg
Comments(0) Before becoming a student at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was offered positions within Microsoft and AOL because he developed a music player that suggests songs according to user preferences. However, the entrepreneur rejected the offers and decided to go to Harvard to continue his education.
While at Harvard, he developed a social networking site called “Facebook” based on an idea that arose from his previous school, Philips Exeter Academy, where students posted photos of themselves and created a profile. However, Facebook originally differentiated itself by only being available to students with the domain name “harvard.edu.”
Mark borrowed a mass amount of money from Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin to launch the site, and took the risk of losing all investments into Facebook because they refused to advertise on their website. Unexpectedly, the innovative social networking site became vastly popular in a small amount of time, and Zuckerberg decided to launch Facebook for public use. He is now ranked in the top 20s richest people on Forbes 400.
The creation of Facebook ultimately changed the study habits of many students; look around, how many laptops beside you in Comm101 have Facebook open in their browsers?
Sources: Brighthub.com, Facebook; Photo Source: Telegraph.co.uk
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