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Mark Zuckerberg

Self Made Score 8


Age 30 years
Net Worth $32.5 Billion
Source Of Wealth Facebook
Residence Palo Alto, CA
Citizenship United States
Marital Status Married
Education Drop Out Harvard University
BIOGRAPHY
 Zuckerberg began using computers and writing software in middle school. His father
taught him Atari BASIC Programming in the 1990s.
 In one such program, since his father's dental practice was operated from their home, he
built a software program he called "ZuckNet" that allowed all the computers between the
house and dental office to communicate with each other.
 Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room on February 4,
2004.An earlier inspiration for Facebook may have come from Phillips Exeter Academy,
the prep school from which Zuckerberg graduated in 2002.
 Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and
Internet entrepreneur.
 Zuckerberg enrolled in Harvard University in 2002, where he quickly became known for
his developer skills. After his sophomore year, he decided to drop out and focus on "The
Facebook"
 He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook.
 In 2007, at the age of 23, Zuckerberg became a billionaire as a result of Facebook's
success. The number of Facebook users worldwide reached a total of one billion in 2012.

ACHIEVMENTS
 Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the 11th richest person in the
U.S., and the biggest dollar gainer on the list. His fortune soared to $34 billion, up $15
billion since last year, due to a sharp rise in the price of the social network’s shares.
 The year’s biggest dollar gainer was Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, whose fortune
jumped $15.2 billion, to $28.5 billion, as shares of his social network soared. Tech, and
more specifically Facebook, helped propel numerous fortunes lately.
 The company’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, joins the ranks for the first time, as does
Facebook’s longtime vice president Jeff Rothschild. Also, thanks to a $19 billion deal
(including restricted stock) with Facebook.
Li Ka Shing

 Li Ka Shing is one of the greatest empire builders in the world. He has over 270,000
employees in over 50 countries. He is the richest man in Asia. Li was born in Chaozhou
in the Guangdong Province of China, but his family had to move to Hong Kong as a
result of the Sino-Japanese.

 Li’s father was a primacy school teacher in his home country and soon after his arrival in
Hong Kong, he died of TB. When Li was 12 years old, he quit school and started working
as an apprentice in a factory which manufactured watch straps. To support his family, he
had started working full time by the time he was 14. He worked in a plastic trading
company. It was not until 1950 when he started his own business. His first business
included manufacture of plastic toys and other everyday items. His first company was
named Cheung Kong.

 Li had always been hard working and he had always remained true to his moral compass.
It was because of his hard work, adaptability and integrity that he has built a business
empire which includes construction, banking, plastics, real estate, hotels, airports, cellular
phones, cement production, satellite television, retail outlets, domestic transportation,
ports, shipping, electric power and steel production.

 In 1950, he founded a plastic manufacturing company after he learnt how to operate a


plant. But, he had to borrow funds from his friends and family and contacts. Later he
decided to supply quality plastic flowers to the world at extremely low prices. He had
learned the technique of creating artificial flowers that would resemble the real thing. He
hired the best technicians and invited a foreign buyer who was so impressed with the
quality of the products that he placed a large order. Few years, later Li was able to make a
fortune just by selling plastic flowers and became the largest supplier in Asia.

 However in 1958, he was unable to renew his company’s lease and was forced to buy a
new site. It was in 1967 when the opportunity to buy land at low prices arrived due to the
1967 riots. Li believed that the crisis was just temporary and the prices of land would rise
again. He bought land at extremely low prices and by 1971 he was running a successful
real estate development company.

 Today, he is considered one of the most powerful persons in Asia. In 2001, he was named
‘Asia’s Most Powerful Man’. In 2006, he achieved “Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime
Achievement Award” from the Forbes family. In spite of his success and wealth, he lives
a pretty simple lifestyle. He wears an inexpensive Seiko watch and simple black dress
shoes. Having donated over $1.4 billion till date to charities, he has become one of the
most generous philanthropists in Asia.

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