Mark Zuckerberg

 He is best known for co-founding the popular social media site Facebook as well as Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.). He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Originally launched to select college campuses, the site quickly grew and then expanded extended beyond college campuses, with one billion users by the year 2012. Zuckerberg made the company public with majority ownership in the month of May. He became the highest-paid billionaire of his own in the world , at just age 23. In recognition of the itPerson of the year award, Time magazine named Zuckerberg as one of the 100 most influential individuals globally in 2008. In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked tenth in the Forbes list of the most powerful people in the world. 6. According to the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2022 he was 11th on the list with a wealth of $57.7 billion, down from his position as the third-richest American in 2021, with an estimated net worth of $134.5 billion. According to Forbes Real Time Billionaires, Zuckerberg was the 26th wealthiest person in the world as of the end of December in 2022. His net worth was $42.4 Billion. A documentary about Zuckerberg's career, The Social Network, was released in 2010.