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  • Mark Zuckerberg

  • Why did Mark Zuckerberg create Facebook? What can we do with Facebook?

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  • Have you ever heard of Mark Zuckerberg?

  • He was the founder of Facebook.

  • He was chosen asPerson of the Yearby Time in 2010.

  • His story even hit the big screen in the same year.

  • Mark was born in 1984.

  • He showed a talent for computer science at an early age.

  • When he was a teenager, he was noticed and was even offered a job by Microsoft because he wrote an excellent music program.

  • He turned down the job, however.

  • In 2004, when Mark was still studying at Harvard, he created Facebook.

  • Today, Facebook is used by over 600 million people around the world in 75 different languages.

  • This makes Mark one of the most important people in the world.

  • Mark always dreamed of creating a useful tool to share information with others, and he did it.

  • With Facebook, Mark has brought the world closer together.

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