In 2010 Mark Zuckerberg was 26, running a company with 500 million users, the subject of an unflattering Oscar-winning film, and Time's Person of the Year. His hoodie, his privacy pronouncements and his $100 million donation to Newark schools (announced on Oprah in September) were all news.
- Role
- Co-founder and CEO
- Organisation
Known for in 2010
- Founding Facebook in 2004
- Time Person of the Year 2010
- Portrayed in The Social Network
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Facebook
The social network at 500 million users
In 2010 Facebook was six years old, had just overtaken Google as the most-visited site in the United States on some weekly measures, and passed 500 million users in July. Its blue-and-white pages...
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The Social Network
"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies"
David Fincher's film about Facebook's founding, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, opened on 1 October 2010 to rave reviews and won three Oscars. Its trailer,...
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Time names Mark Zuckerberg Person of the Year
Time chose the 26-year-old Facebook founder, noting that Julian Assange had won the magazine's readers' poll.
