Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. Interesting how people are watching what Mark Zuckerberg does on his Facebook page as soon as he does it. I guess, someone wants to be he first to report the news of what Mar is doing. Congratulations to Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, capping a busy week for the couple, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity. Mark and Priscilla has had a busy week with his company going public which paid off for him and then marrying the beautiful Priscilla.
Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history Friday. And Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28, the person said.What an incredible time they are having with everything falling in place for them but the question is whether Priscilla will actually work as a medical doctor when they have enough money to live on many lifetimes.
The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years, the person said. This is nice for Mark to have been with her this long because she has been through everything with Mark when he was just a student trying to become somebody. What a lucky girl to be in the right place at the right time. Zuckerberg designed the ring featuring "a very simple ruby," according to the person. He obviously making things very special for Priscilla and nice to see he isn’t the conventional guy buying the typical huge diamond.
The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, including Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. Nice to see this billionaire doesn’t need to do things in an elaborate way. Many people who have the money Zuckerberg has like to spend millions on their wedding even though a small intimate wedding with close friends and family is a better wedding to have. The guests all thought they were coming to celebrate Chan's graduation but were told after they arrived that the event was in fact a wedding, "Everybody was shocked," the guest said. This just made it nice for the guests to not think they needed to bring a wedding gift. This shows they love each other and went out of their way to get this special event together with their special friends and family.
Rather than his trademark hoodie, Zuckerberg wore a suit for the ceremony, while his bride wore a traditional wedding dress. They looked really good together for their wedding. Of course, he wouldn’t wear his famous hoodie to his wedding day.
Food was served family-style and included dishes from the couple's favorite Palo Alto sushi restaurant. The two had been planning the marriage for months but were waiting until Chan had graduated to hold the wedding, the guest said. It takes a lot for two people to keep something as big as this a secret. This was the most special day in there life and they kept it a secret till the day of the wedding. They truly do love each other to be able to keep this type of secret. What is surprising is who ever decorated the back of Mark’s house to have the wedding there also kept the secret so the paparazzi doesn’t show up to ruin it.
The timing wasn't tied to the IPO, since the date the company planned to go public was a "moving target," the guest said. It definitely was the right time to put an incredible gesture of the wedding, IPO, and his wife’s graduation all came at once. What an exciting time for Mark and Priscilla which is an incredible graduation gift.
Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56 percent of its voting stock. From what the shares are going for on the stock market shows Mark Zuckerberg owns enough shares for $19.25 billion.
The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago, has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people. This is the fastest growing website over night. Making him a billionaire and others only wish they can grow just as fast. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook at Harvard in 2004 and he was selected as Time's Person of the Year in 2010, at age 26. With what he developed, can you blame Time for giving him that prestige award. He probably deserves getting that award over and over again throughout the past 8 years. What an impression he made for all the people in the town of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y, where he grew up.
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