Mark Zuckerberg Creator of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg Creator of Facebook — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Core Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 092014 012015 Cover Photo Frederic Legrand Shutterstock Images Interior Photos Frederic Legrand Shutterstock Images 1 Pablo Martinez Monsivais AP Images 4 Shutterstock Images 7 Seth Poppel Yearbook Library 10 15 Arne Hodalic Corbis 13 Elise Amendola AP Images 16 Rena Schild Shutterstock Images 19 Rick Friedman Corbis 22 Paul Sakuma AP Images 25 45 Red Line Editorial 26 39 Eric Risberg AP Images 28 Marcio Jose Sanchez AP Images 31 Proehl Studios Corbis 33 Imagechina AP Images 34 Rich Schultz AP Images 37 Ben Margot AP Images 40 Editor Arnold Ringstad Series Designer Becky Daum Library of Congress Control Number 2014944238 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weil Jamie Mark Zuckerberg creator of Facebook Jamie Weil p cm Newsmakers Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-62403-647-7 1 Zuckerberg Mark 1984 Juvenile literature 2 Facebook Firm Juvenile literature 3 Facebook Electronic resource Juvenile literature 4 Webmasters United States Biography Juvenile literature 5 Businesspeople United States Biography Juvenile literature 6 Online social networks Juvenile literature 1 Title 006 7092 dc23 B 2014944238

Mark Zuckerberg Creator of Facebook — page 2 — CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Meeting the President 4 CHAPTER TWO A Talented Student 10 CHAPTER THREE Code Monkey 16 CHAPTER FOUR Welcome to Silicon Valley 22 CHAPTER FIVE Facebook’s Profile 28 CHAPTER SIX Setting Goals 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48

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Mark Zuckerberg Creator of Facebook — page 4 — 5 CHAPTER ONE Obama’s appearance at the Facebook town hall meeting demonstrated how important the social networking website had become MEETING THE PRESIDENT Sweat was dripping down Mark Zuckerberg’s face It was April 20 2011 In just minutes the 26-year-old cofounder of Facebook would host President Barack Obama They were holding an online version of a town hall meeting In these events people can ask politicians questions about important issues

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