Published 15:33 IST, July 14th 2020

Mark Zuckerberg’s father offered him McDonald’s franchise as an alternative to Harvard

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s father Edward had offered him to invest in McDonald’s franchise before he opted for Harvard and eventually dropped out of it.

Reported by: Kunal Gaurav
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s far h offered him to invest in McDonald’s franchise before he opted for Harvard and eventually dropped out of it. Mark’s sister Randi Zuckerberg told an American news network that ir far, Edward Zuckerberg, offered his son and each of three sisters an option to eir going to college or running a franchise.

After Zuckerberg started Facebook in his dorm at Harvard University, his parents said he should probably have taken McDonald’s franchise money if he wanted a business, said Randi. She ded that, however, y thought Facebook might be second-best option. Zuckerberg is w fourth richest person in world with a total net worth of $90.8 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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Interest in computers at an early

Born to Karen and Edward Zuckerberg in White Plains of New York, Mark Zuckerberg was brought up in Dobbs Ferry, a small Westchester County vill about 21 miles rth of Midtown Manhattan. Facebook CEO developed an interest in computers in early years and at around 12 years of Zuckerberg developed a messaging program based on Atari BASIC which he named “Zucknet”. 

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software program is considered as a primitive version of AOL’s instant messenger which allowed all computers of his house and far’s dental office to communicate with each or. In 2002, Zuckerberg got enrolled in Harvard and developed “Facemash” during his sophomore year which was eventually shut down by University. 

He started working on a new website called “ Facebook” in 2004 and dropped out of Harvard later that year to relocate to Silicon Valley. He became prominent face of Silicon Valley after unimaginable success of Facebook Inc, company which went on to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram. 

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15:33 IST, July 14th 2020