From being an exceptional student with exemplary talent forecasting a promising future, to actually becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history, Mark Zuckerberg has come a long way. Currently, Co-Founder of Meta platform Inc. (formerly named Facebook Inc.), he is one of the richest billionaires on Earth. Mark Zuckerberg also shares the title of Co-Founder of the solar sail spacecraft development project- Breakthrough Starshot. He serves as one of its board members. But these titles don’t do justice to what influence he has over the population. He has always proved to be an inspiration to millions when he became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire back in 2007. The success story of Mark Zuckerberg is worth sharing. Date of Birth 14 May 1984 Age 40 years Nationality American Spouse Priscilla Chan Children 3 (Maxima, August & Aurelia) Education Mark had an exceptional academic record beginning at Ardsley High School in New York. It was followed by a transfer to the private Phillips Exeter Academy along with a flourishing interest in subjects like Astronomy, Classical Studies, Mathematics, and Physics. With a great college application consisting of being fluent in Ancient Greek, French, Hebrew and Latin, Zuckerberg attended the prestigious Harvard University, where he launched Facebook. According to Zuckerberg, this idea of Facebook was inspired by his prep school where he had a student directory, “The Photo Address Book” to which students referred as “The Facebook”. Gradually, Facebook started off as just a “Harvard thing”. Later, Mark decided to spread its reach to other schools. From Dormitory to 500-Million-Mark Launching Facebook from his Harvard University dormitory room, Zuckerberg along with his friends moved to California to set up their new office. During the growth of their business, they turned down multiple offers by major corporations to buy the company. In an interview, Mark explained “It’s not because of the amount of money. For me and my colleagues, the most important thing is that we create an open information flow for people. Having media corporations owned by conglomerates is just not an attractive idea to me.” And their small company eventually attained its glorious outcome. On July 21, 2010, Zuckerberg reported that the company reached the 500 million user mark.