Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004, aged 19. Today he is the second youngest billionaire* in the world.

Thanks to the success pf Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has a personal fortune of around 14 billion* dolars. But he 27-years-old businessman has a very modest lifestyle. He wears jeans, T-shirts and trainers*, works constantly and is studying Chinese.

Zuckerberg was a computer prodigy from a young age: his friends did illustrations which he transformed into computer games. He also shoved a special talent for Latin, Ancient Greek and fencing*.

The young billionaire* doesn't care* about this, though. He also says that he didn't just want to make money. "The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open", he says.

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Billionaire: multimillonario

Billion: mil millones

Trainers: zapatillas de deporte

Fencing: esgrima

Care about: precuparse de