Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is the American technology entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook in 2004 and leads its parent company, Meta.

His name often stands in for Facebook itself or for Silicon Valley tech culture broadly: Another Zuckerberg apology tour before Congress.

The diminutive "Zuck" appears in both neutral and mocking contexts: What's the Zuck up to now?

techfounder

startup

New business enterprise

Menlo Park · hoodie · coding · programmer · dropout · Harvard · dormroom · algorithm · platform · scaling

Facebook

timeline

Ordered display of events

comment · poke · messenger · notifications · friendslist · groups · events · pages · marketplace · wall

personal

Beast

Wild or savage animal

jiu-jitsu · surfing · smoking meats · daughters · Mandarin · atheist · Harvard · hoodie

Meta

metaverse

Shared immersive digital universe

Instagram · WhatsApp · Threads · Oculus · rebranding · avatar · VR headset · mixed reality · smart glasses

controversy

privacy

Freedom from observation

antitrust · misinformation · content moderation · monopoly · regulation · whistleblower · election interference · fake news · Senate hearing · apology tour

billionaire

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

Palo Alto · estate · donor · foundation · stock · IPO · NASDAQ

Categories
Opposites
privacy advocacy

Mark ZuckerbergEdward Snowden

Leaked surveillance secrets

Tim Cook · Julian Assange · whistleblowers

digital connection philosophy

Mark ZuckerbergHenry David Thoreau

Luddites · monastic life · monastics

public persona and communication style

Mark ZuckerbergRichard Branson

Oprah Winfrey · Steve Jobs · Elon Musk · Barack Obama · Bill Clinton

Family

Mark, Marcus, Zuckerberg

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G