Interesting facts about Facebook founder

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have just pledged $3 billion to fund medical research over the next decade. Let's explore interesting facts about Mark Zuckerberg - the 16th richest billionaire in the world according to Forbes magazine in 2015, with assets of about $33.4 billion.

Edward and Karen Zuckerberg, a dentist and a psychiatrist, raised four children: Randi, Donna, Arielle and Mark in New York City, USA. Mark Zuckerberg showed himself to be a talented child when he wrote a successful messaging application called "Zucknet" in Atari BASIC at the age of 12. He also often programmed computer games for his friends.

Mark Zuckerberg enrolled at the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he built a music streaming platform that attracted the attention of two giants: Microsoft and AOL. However, Mark turned down offers of employment or acquisition.

Mark is not just a computer geek. He also loves classics like The Odyssey. Mark was also captain of the fencing team in high school.

Shortly after being admitted to Harvard University in 2002, Mark quickly became known as a talented programmer. He founded "The Facebook" with a few friends in his dorm room and dropped out after his sophomore year to focus entirely on his social network.

Before dropping out, Mark met Priscilla Chan (now his wife). Chan once shared that she met Mark Zuckerberg at a party. "On our first date, he told me he would rather go on a date with me than stay home to do his midterm," Chan said.

Facebook raised $12.7 billion in Series A funding when Mark Zuckerberg was barely old enough to drink. In 2010, Mark was named TIME magazine's "Person of the Year."

In 2010, the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook was brought to the big screen in a movie called "The Social Network". This movie received 8 Academy Award nominations but Mark insisted that many of the details it conveyed were completely untrue.

Aaron Sorkin directed The Social Network. Mark Zuckerberg may not have liked it, but the TV show The West Wing is one of the Facebook founder's favorites.

On May 18, 2012, Facebook went public. The social network raised $16 billion in its IPO, making it the largest tech IPO ever until Alibaba took the title last year.

Chan and Zuckerberg continued dating at this time. They later married in Palo Alto.

Mark Zuckerberg learned Chinese, and his Chinese was good enough to conduct a 30-minute Q&A session in the language last fall.

Just occasionally selling his Facebook shares makes Mark Zuckerberg rich enough that he doesn't need a salary. Accordingly, this CEO only receives a salary of... $1 per year.

Tyler Winklevoss once said about Mark in an interview: "Mark is the poorest rich person I've ever seen in my life."

Hoodies and T-shirts are Mark Zuckerberg's favorite fashion style.

Mark Zuckerberg drives a black Volkswagen GTI that costs around $30,415.

In October 2014, Mark spent $100 million to buy 750 hectares of land on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, where he will build a private resort.

In Palo Alto, Mark spent $45 million on a 5,000-square-foot home. He also bought all the land and houses around it.

Mark Zuckerberg also has a $10 million mansion in San Francisco.

While doing this, Mark is said to have hired people to sit in cars parked near his house at night to... reserve parking spaces for construction workers.

Mark also doesn't hesitate to "spend money" to make the world a better place. He donated $992 million to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital in 2013 and 2014.

Mark Zuckerberg is quite generous with Facebook's money as the social media giant continues to spend lavishly to acquire other companies, such as Instagram ($1 billion), WhatsApp ($19 billion) and Oculus ($2 billion).

Although he is a big boss, Mark has a very simple and friendly lifestyle. He often organizes Q&A programs with everyone in the world to chat and share.

According to Dat Viet