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A. Get attention: Imagine you're sitting in your dorm room with a group of friends creating a social networking site for the state of Texas. Suddenly your network goes viral around the world and there are companies willing to buy your site for millions of dollars. It may seem unrealistic, but for Mark Zuckerberg.B. this was the reality. Relevance: By inventing Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg created a social gateway that improved the way we communicate with others around the world. Mark Zuckerberg was a programming prodigy who became president and CEO, founder of Facebook.1. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York. Mark grew up in a well-educated family where his father Edward Zuckerberg is a dentist and his mother Karen Zuckerberg is a psychiatrist. Mark is the second eldest of his three sisters, Arielle, Randi and Donna and they all grew up in the suburbs of Dobbs Ferry, New York.2. Mark developed an interest in programming in elementary school. At the age of 10 he received his first Quantex 486DX PC. In the 1990s, Mark's father Edward began teaching Mark the Atari Basic programming language which he later used to create a messaging program he called "Zucknet" (true story). Edward was so dedicated to his son's learning that he hired software developer David Newman to give Mark private computer lessons (About us.com).3. During his high school years, Mark attended Phillips Exeter Academy. At this exclusive preparatory school, Mark excelled, becoming captain of the fencing team, science, and earned a degree in classical studies (Astrum people). However, Mark became fascinated with computers and created a music software program called Synapse, which caught attention... middle of paper... wealth for charity (Bio True Story).1. Facebook's earnings come from contextual ads. Facebook ads cost between 5 cents and $5 per click (How Facebook Makes Money). Last year, 85% of cash flow was earned through contextual ads (Astrum People). Additionally, in May 2012 Facebook became the largest Internet IPO in history, raising $16 billion (Mark Zuckerberg bio).2. Also, on May 19, 2012 Mark Zuckerberg married his college sweetheart Priscilla Chan the day after Facebook's IPO (Mark Zuckerberg Biography). According to Politico, many of the guests were surprised because they thought they would be attending a party to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school.3. Facebook first entered the Fortune 500 list in May 2013. This made Zuckerberg the youngest CEO on the list at age 28 (Mark Zuckerberg Biography). Marco is