What's with the hate in this thread? He achieved something quite remarkable. Back then, most people wouldn't have guessed that this silly campus site ever became as big as it is now.<p>And now, Mark created a business with thousands of employees, changing how we communicate, how we discover information about the cities we live in.<p>Give the man some respect. This isn't about his privileged background, but about the perseverance he showed for the last 11 years.
He is a much, much better public speaker now:<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/mark-zuckerberg-q-a-the-full-interview-on-connecting-the-world" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/mark-zucke...</a>
If you want to watch the video without having to install Flash, just replace "www" with "m" - Not the best video quality since it's optimised for mobile, but a nice productivity tip for Safari users ;)
Really shows the incredible privilege and connections he had, so early in his life, that catapulted FB over all the other budding social networks.<p>It's always about who you know to give your work wings (which is apt, since his project was a social network)
Facebook CEO Admits To Calling Users 'Dumb Fucks' <a href="http://gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-users-dumb-fucks" rel="nofollow">http://gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-use...</a><p>"Mark Zuckerberg admits in a New Yorker profile that he mocked early Facebook users for trusting him with their personal information."