At the end of 2016, a total of 17,000 employees were working at Facebook offices located in 14 US cities and 36 other cities worldwide.
Mark Zuckerberg is one of the billionaires who have decided to donate most of their property to charity and research. Through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which he founded with his wife, he has already donated billions of dollars to support medical research.
These are all examples of generally well-known information. Now let's look at some not-so-familiar facts about his life.
Entrerpreneur.com found the following interesting details about Mark Zuckerberg.
Why is Facebook blue and what is Beast is doing?
1. At the age of 12, Mark Zuckerberg created an instant messaging program called ZuckNet. The program served to send messages between individual computers located in their home which also included his dad's dental office. The family no longer had to run up and down the stairs to share information.
2. The blue and white logo and the whole color concept of Facebook is based on the fact that Zuckerberg suffers from partial color blindness. He is not able to distinguish red and green.
3. He isn't like a lot of Americans who only speak English. He has always been interested in ancient languages such as Latin. He also learned to speak Mandarin Chinese.
4. He met his wife Priscilla Chan, whom he married in 2012 and who is now pregnant with their second child, in line in front of the toilets at a Harvard student party.
5. He is a great admirer of Steve Jobs and his style of communication and management. He probably got inspired by Jobs as early as when his first business cards as Facebook CEO were printed. The business card with his name stated: "I'm CEO, bitch."
6. He is a sports enthusiast. In 2016, for example, he published his intention to run over 365 miles during the year. He met this goal in the summer.
7. Mark Zuckerberg's personal profile on Facebook is followed by 88 million people. Twelve people help him manage this profile. They monitor comments, write messages, and create photos to be posted here.
7. His Puli dog named Beast is also a celebrity with more than 2 million fans on his own Facebook page.
9. He protects privacy around his home. In Palo Alto, Calif., he tried to demolish four houses near his house . In Hawaii, he bought an area of 700 acres (2.8 km2) for $ 100 million. He surrounded the plot with a two-meter-high wall.
10. He is a fan of the "Fast and Furious" and "xXx" films and a friend of the series' star, Vin Diesel. Zuckerberg always corrects Diesel when the actor inaccurately quotes from his roles as Dominic Toretto or Xander Cage.
360-degree video - Beast at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2016
Source: https://www.facebook.com/pg/beast.the.dog
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