Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room in 2004 as a simple directory for college students. He qui…
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Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room in 2004 as a simple directory for college students. He quickly expanded it beyond campus, dropped out to build the company full-time, and turned a student side-project into the world’s largest social network. Over two decades, Zuckerberg has steered the company through the rise of News Feed, mobile, Instagram, and WhatsApp. More recently, he rebranded Facebook as Meta and shifted focus toward AI, betting on long-term platforms beyond…
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