How Mark Zuckerberg's Early Life Sparked the Facebook Revolution

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00:00This is the story of Facebook, part two. The rise of Facebook. In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg was just

00:06another smart but nerdy computer science student at Harvard University. But soon he would change

00:11the world by connecting people online and making billions in the process. This is the untold story

00:17of Facebook. Our story today begins in the early 2000s. Back then, social media as we know it didn't

00:24really exist. But there were some websites that were starting to become very popular.

00:28Websites like Friendsta and MySpace, where people could connect with their friends and family members,

00:34share photos and videos, and stay up to date with what they were up to. But these sites were missing

00:39something. They lacked a certain polish and professionalism. And this is where our story

00:44begins. Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He grew up in a wealthy

00:52Jewish family and attended a private school in his hometown. From an early age, Mark showed signs of

00:57being a prodigy. When he was just 12 years old, he taught himself how to program and created a program

01:03called Zoom. This program allowed him to communicate with his family members over AOL Instant Messenger.

01:09At first, his father didn't want Mark to use his computer for anything other than school. But seeing

01:14how much Mark had progressed already, he eventually gave him permission to use the computer for other

01:19things as well. And Mark took full advantage of this privilege. He used his computer to create games and

01:25other programs that he shared with his friends. One of these programs was a digital version of the

01:30card game war. And believe it or not, this program became so popular among his friends that they started

01:36paying Mark to let them play it.