9 fascinating facts about Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg you may not know

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is known for his exploits in tech. Although he is quite famous, there are enthralling facts about him that you may not know.

OpporTechies gathered from an X user known as Manifest _Lord.

First, he began programming at a young age.- At 12, he created a messaging program ‘ZuckNet’ that his father used in his dental office.- In high school, he created ‘Synapse Media Player,’ an MP3 player that made playlists based on their choices like Spotify or Pandora.- Companies including AOL and Microsoft expressed interest in buying his software, as well as hiring him before graduation which he declined.

2. He dropped out of Harvard to focus on Facebook.- After high school, he proceeded to Harvard University to study psychology and computer science and created ‘Facemash’ that had students comparing two faces, picking and voting for the prettier one.- Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their dorm room in 2004 and later dropped out to concentrate on running the company.- Mark received an honorary degree from Harvard University on 25th May 2017.

3. He’s A Prize-Winning Jiu-Jitsu Fighter.- Mark started practicing martial arts during the Covid-19 pandemic and put his skills to the test in a local jiu-jitsu tournament in Redwood City, California. – He ended up winning gold and silver medals for his fancy footwork. – The billionaire’s fans included MMA stars Israel Adesanya, Brandon Moreno, and Alex Volkanovski who all praised Zuckerberg’s moment in the sun.

4. His Salary is a Dollar Per Year.- Mark Zuckerberg is the lowest-paid employee at his company. The fact that full-time employees must be paid some sort of wage for their input, is the reason why he gets the dollar.- The $1 salary protects him from specific tax liabilities while ensuring that he earns a performance-based salary as opposed to the company and shareholders just cutting him a check.

5. His eyesight is the reason behind Facebook’s color scheme.- Facebook sticks with a basic blue color scheme because Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind, and blue is the only color he can see with any depth or clarity.- He says “his home was painted in various shades of blue and beige, except for the kitchen, which is a vibrant yellow. Colors don’t matter much to Zuckerberg.”

6. He Only Eats Animals He Killed Himself, Weird but true.- In 2017, Zuckerberg announced “I’ve always thought we should be thankful and understand where our food comes from,”- he wrote on Facebook, “so for the next year I set a goal to only eat meat that I killed and helped butcher myself.”

7. Mark is a Multi-lingual man.- Zuckerberg is a genius who is fluent in 6 languages. He can read and write English, French, Hebrew, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Mandarin.- He is married to his classmate Dr. Priscilla Chan and To better communicate with his in-laws, Zuckerberg learned Mandarin Chinese- He says, “in order to understand a culture, one must learn its language. And understanding Chinese culture is something Zuckerberg has made a priority, as Facebook is banned in China.”

8. He and his wife is actively involved in philanthropy.- Mark and his wife have pledged to donate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes.- Mark says, “I’m just focused on making sure I do the most possible good with what I have, Too many people die unnecessarily and don’t get the opportunities they deserve. There are lots of things in the world that need to get fixed and I’m just lucky to have the chance to work on fixing some of them.”

9. He Found ‘The Social Network’ Hurtful.- a movie is based on mark’s life but he felt that The Social Network took too many liberties with his story. – He said “The reality is that writing code and then building a product and building a company is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about, so you can imagine that a lot of this stuff they had to embellish or make up.”