Mark Zuckerberg
Palo Alto, California
Drop Out, Harvard University
United States
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Facebook, Self Made
$74,100,000,000
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The Richest Person In Every State 2019
#8 Billionaires 2019
After facing another year of criticism for fake news and abuse on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his priority in 2019 is tackling social issues.In April 2018, he testified before Congress after it was revealed that Facebook shared users' data with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.Zuckerberg started Facebook at Harvard in 2004 at the age of 19 for students to match names with faces in class.He took Facebook public in May 2012 and still owns about 15% of the stock.In December 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of their Facebook stake over their lifetimes.
Zuckerberg and his wife are spending $3 billion in an attempt to end, cure or manage all disease by the year 2100. His goal for 2018 is to make sure Facebook is good "for people's well-being and for society," amid recent backlash on social media's harmful effects.
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