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 = __Mark Zuckerberg__  =

=__ID__= ** Full name: ** Mark Zuckerberg [|www.internetish.co.il/?p=138] Location: **What he is famous for:** He invented the Facebook.
 * Parents' names: ** Edward and Karen
 * Year of birth: ** 1984
 * Where born: ** Dobbs Ferry; New York
 * Place of work: Palo Alto, California **
 * Profession: ** computer programmer and entrepreneur

Interview
1. How did you come up with the idea to invent Facebook? ** A: ** I thought that it’s a shame that students in the university don’t know each other, so I decided to invent a website were they will be able to get familiar and chat one with another. ** A: ** My friend Dustin Moskovitz helped me to advertise the website in the university and after that it went on and spread to another 30 universities and schools. In 2004, by the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had released Facebook at almost forty-five schools and hundreds of thousands of people were using it. **5.** How much time did it take to execute the Facebook? ** A: ** It took three years. ** 9. ** Did you invent something before you invented Facebook? ** A: ** I enjoyed making computer programs, especially communication tools and games. I started programming when I was in middle school, and when I was in high school I built a program to help the workers in my dad's office. I also built a music player named Synapse that used artificial intelligence to learn the user's listening habits.
 * 2. ** How did you start advertising Facebook?
 * 3. ** Did people take you seriously at the beginning of the process?
 * A: ** Yes, no one had any objections and people cooperated with the idea.
 * 4. ** Did you ever think that Facebook would be a hit?
 * A: ** no
 * 6. ** What are you planning to do with all your money?
 * A: ** I do not use too mach money since I am planning to save most of it to create more programs /continue creating in the futer.
 * 7. ** Do you want to invent more things in the future?
 * A: ** yes! I plan to invent as many things as I can, so our generation will show greater development in that technology than it does today.
 * 8. ** Is the fact that you are Jewish have influence on your personality?
 * 10. ** How do you earn money if people don't pay when they sign up to Facebook?
 * A: ** Big companies (like Microsoft) buy shares of there Facebook from me and they are willing to pay lots of money for them. They are also many requests to advertise on Facebook from all sorts of companies.

**// __The face behind Facebook__ //**
** Are you a member of Facebook? Did you ever wander how it all started? **    Facebook is a website that is meant to connect people with people they don’t know and to enable them to contact their friends through the computer. Facebook is special because you can not only talk on it with your friends, but you can also share photos and videos, join groups you support, become a fan of things you have interest in, etc. The inventor of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg
 * In this article you will find all the answers for all the questions you may have! **

Mark Zuckerberg was born on 14/5/1984 to Edward and Karen (who are both doctors) in White Plains and was raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Since Mark was a young child, he enjoyed creating computer programs and games. For example he made a program to help his father's office. In addition, he built a music player which could learn the user's favorite types of music. As a result, Zuckerberg got work offers from Microsoft and AOL, but he rejected them and decided to go to Harvard University. While Mark started to learn in the university he continued to be involved with personal projects. In Harvard he developed a program that served students to chat and meet other students. The program was a big success and Mark decided to build a second program called "Facebook", which was spread to another 30 universities and high schools. Zuckeberg's friend – Dustin Moskovitz, was part of the process of Facebook and in year 2004 he moved with Mark to Palo Alto in California (to the Silicon Valley ). A man called Peter Thiel invested $ 500,000 in the website. Nowadays, Facebook is not open to students only, but to anyone in the world. There are (at least) 69,000,000 members of Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg is also a member of Facebook (obviously). Due to that, people can contact him- they can send him messages that include complains, questions and ideas. On the other hand, Mark answers the members and publishes notifications of things he wants members to know and pay attention to.

Nowadays Facebook employers 300 workers. In the last year it's revenue amounts as 100 billions dollars. Mark Zuckerberg earns 20% of Facebook stocks, therefore his value amounts as 3 billion dollars. When you ask Zuckerberg about his plans for the future he says that if Facebook will fall (something that is not likely to happen) he will graduate his studies in the Harvard University.

Zuckerberg won the 2007 Crunchie Award for ‘Best Startup CEO.’ In conclusion, Facebook is one of the most interesting websites and social unions. It attracts people because of it's special attractions. It is very recommended, but! Beware! It is also very addictive!



** __Speech:__ **
Hello everybody! I am Mark Zuckerberg, and before I start my speech I would like to say that I am very honored to receive this special prize of shaping the future, and I would like to thank you, the people of the world, who gave me my inspiration. I am very grateful that all of you, who are here, physically and the ones who are watching on TV are sharing this special moment in my life with me. For those of you who don't know (and I don't suppose there are many of these here), Facebook is a social website which is programmed to connect people with people they don’t know. They can share pictures and videos with each other and they can also chat with each other. Since I was a young child I liked to invent and create programs. I started to invent Facebook when I was a student in Harvard University, and in my whole l life I never thought it would develop into such a big hit! In conclusion, I want to thank all those who supported and helped me throughout the long way to the top.

** __Rationales and Reflections:__ **
__Rationales:__ I have always wondered who this person is behind the enormous invention is, but I didn't know exactly how to start researching. Now I know who Mark Zuckerberg is.
 * __Yifat:__ ** I have chosen to write my project about Mark Zuckerberg- the man who invented Facebook because the Facebook become a hit in the last year. Everyone is talking about it, and I was curios to know who is standing behind all that and how everything started.
 * __Abigail:__ ** I am a member of Facebook and once in a while I see a published note from Zuckerberg about different subjects he wants us (the members) to pay attention to.


 * __Reflections:

Yifat: __ ** I am not a member in Facebook, so I didn't know a lot about it. During the work on the project I learned what Facebook is, what you can do in that website and why everyone likes it. For example: you can keep in touch with your friends even if they are not in your country, you can share photos with your friends, etc… In addition I learned how to write an article, how and where I can look for information. Also, my writing on the computer became better. The project was a new experience for me, and I enjoyed doing it. ** __Abigail:__ ** When my teacher told the class about the project we were about to write, my partner and I had trouble with choosing a subject. There are a lot of people who changed the future, but we were looking for a person who is connected to the community of the world so we choose Mark Zuckerberg – a social identity. Writing the project was an interesting mission and it gave me lots of new skills: Researching for material, grammar and vocabulary… I am glad I did this project and I am very thankful to my teacher who helped me a lot and for my partner Yifat who knows how to work seriously on a project once given to her.

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