Harvard dropout
Zuckerberg to give commencement address
Zuckerberg,
32 will be the featured speaker at Harvard's 366th
Commencement on May 25, the University announced yesterday. This is an
honour that brings distinguished political leaders, business chiefs and
artists to address graduating students.
Harvard dropout Zuckerberg to give commencement address
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of Harvard University's
most famous dropouts, will return to his one-time alma mater this summer
to deliver the commencement address at the convocation ceremony.
Zuckerberg, 32 will be the featured speaker at Harvard's 366th
Commencement on May 25, the University announced yesterday. This is an
honour that brings distinguished political leaders, business chiefs and
artists to address graduating students.
A young Zuckerberg, now among the world's most powerful and influential
billionaires, had founded Facebook in 2004 in his Harvard dormitory and
had then dropped out of the prestigious institution to focus full-time
on building the social media company, which transformed the way people
interacted with each other.
Harvard President Drew Faust lauded the former student's leadership and
his company's impact on how nearly 1.9 billion people interact, saying
she looks forward to welcoming Zuckerberg back to the varsity on
Commencement day.
"Mark Zuckerberg's leadership has profoundly altered the nature of
social engagement worldwide. Few inventions in modern times can rival
Facebook in its far-reaching impact on how people around the globe
interact with one another," Faust said.
She added that few individuals can rival Zuckerberg in his drive to
change the world through the innovative use of technology, as well as
his commitment to advance science, enhance education, and expand
opportunity through the pursuit of philanthropy.
Zuckerberg is not the first Harvard dropout to give the commencement
address at his former university. Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft
and is a Harvard dropout, spoke at the university's Commencement in
2007.
Born in White Plains, New York in 1984, Zuckerberg was already writing
software in middle school, including a program called "ZuckNet" which he
created for his father's dental practice.
As a teenager, he built a platform called Synapse Media Player that used
machine learning to analyze a user's listening preferences.
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