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28 Incredible Facts About Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg began programming at a young age--when he was 12 he created a messaging program that his father used in his dental office, allowing the receptionist to notify him of new patients without yelling across the office. Zuckerberg took a computer graduate class at the nearby Mercy College while still in high school. His parents even hired a computer tutor to work with the young Zuckerberg, but the tutor admitted that it quickly became difficult to stay ahead of his pupil, referring to him as a "prodigy." Mark Zuckerberg attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, a private school in New Hampshire. He was approached by several companies with job offers (including AOL and Microsoft) before he even graduated high school, but Zuckerberg turned them all down. Zuckerberg first launched Facebook from his dormitory at Harvard University. He dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to continue working on Facebook. A movie was made abou...