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Relevant to AI safety primarily as background on Meta's CEO, whose decisions on open-sourcing powerful AI models (e.g., LLaMA) and content moderation have significant implications for AI governance and deployment safety.

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Wikipedia biography of Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms and Facebook. Covers his background, the founding of Facebook in 2004, his rise to become one of the world's wealthiest individuals, and his philanthropic activities through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Key Points

  • •Co-founded Facebook in 2004 at Harvard and built it into Meta Platforms, one of the world's largest social media and technology companies.
  • •Serves as chairman, CEO, and controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms, giving him significant influence over AI development and deployment decisions.
  • •Meta has made major investments in AI research, including open-source large language models like LLaMA, relevant to AI safety discussions.
  • •Co-founded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative with philanthropic focus including science and education funding.
  • •Estimated net worth of ~$220 billion as of 2025, making him a key figure in tech industry governance and policy debates.

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# Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

American businessman and programmer (born 1984)

"Zuckerberg" redirects here. For other uses, see [Zuckerberg (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuckerberg_(disambiguation) "Zuckerberg (disambiguation)").

| Mark Zuckerberg |
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| [![Side view of Zuckerberg smiling and wearing a suit with a striped tie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mark_Zuckerberg_in_September_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mark_Zuckerberg_in_September_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Zuckerberg_in_September_2025_(cropped).jpg)<br>Zuckerberg in 2025 |
| Born | Mark Elliot Zuckerberg<br> (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 (age41)<br>[White Plains, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York "White Plains, New York"), U.S. |
| Othernames | Zuck |
| Education | [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University") (dropped out) |
| Occupations | - Businessman<br>- programmer |
| Yearsactive | 2004–present |
| Title | - Co-founder, chairman and CEO of [Meta Platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms "Meta Platforms") and [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook")<br>- Co-founder and co-CEO of [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative "Chan Zuckerberg Initiative") |
| Spouse | [Priscilla Chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Chan "Priscilla Chan")<br>​<br>(m.2012)​ |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | - [Randi Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randi_Zuckerberg "Randi Zuckerberg") (sister)<br>- [Donna Zuckerberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Zuckerberg "Donna Zuckerberg") (sister) |
| Website | [facebook.com/zuck](http://facebook.com/zuck) |
| Signature |
| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mark_Zuckerberg_Signature.svg/330px-Mark_Zuckerberg_Signature.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Zuckerberg_Signature.svg) |

**Mark Elliot Zuckerberg** ([/ˈzʌkərbɜːrɡ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English"); born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") and its parent company [Meta Platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms "Meta Platforms"). He serves as its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and [controlling shareholder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlling_interest "Controlling interest").

Zuckerberg briefly attended [Harvard College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_College "Harvard College"), and [launched Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook "History of Facebook") there in February 2004 with his roommates [Eduardo Saverin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin "Eduardo Saverin"), [Andrew McCollum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McCollum "Andrew McCollum"), [Dustin Moskovitz](https://en.wik

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