Founder of Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg (13 photos) Bashny.Net

The publication "New York Times" has chosen "Man of the Year." This year, it was Mark Zuckerberg - the founder of the worldwide popularity of social network Facebook.

26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has not only changed the way the internet works, but also the mood of its members. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)




Mark grew up in the town of Dobbs Ferry, NY. Facebook idea came to him while studying at Harvard. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)





Zuckerberg posing with his colleagues: Chamat Palihapitiya - vice president of growth, mobility and international relations; Zuckerberg; Mike Schroepfer - vice president of technical operations; Chris Cox - vice president of product distribution. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)



Left - the head of the operational department of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg. Right - Chief Technology Officer Taylor shaves. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)



Here they are - the main entity Facebook: (left to right) Manager platform for mobile phones Luke Shepard; director of search commands, questions and news Jocelyn Goldfeyn; advertising manager Neville Bowers; Team Manager application developers Josh Wiseman; team manager Vladimir infrastructure platforms Feder. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)



Next to the office of Facebook Zuckerberg opened a cafe, where they like to spend time employees of the company. (Martin Schoeller for TIME)



The founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was born in 1984 in Dobbs Ferry, NY. His father - a dentist, his mother - a psychiatrist, left her job to help her husband in the office. (Courtesy of Facebook)



Father describes Zuckerberg (pictured in five years), as a "hard man, with a strong will." (Courtesy of Facebook)



Facebook came when Zuckerberg attended Harvard, where this picture was taken. (Courtesy of Facebook)



Zuckerberg (right) with co-founders Facebook. The story of this social network was the basis of the film "The Social Network", in which the protagonist - socially unbalanced young man - quite similar to the real Mark Zuckerberg. (Courtesy of Facebook)



Zuckerberg with his family at an amusement park on the theme of Harry Potter in Orlando Day Blagdareniya 2010. (Courtesy of Facebook)



In this photo 2006 Facebook founder posing with her older sister Randi, who occupies the post of the head of his company's marketing department. (Courtesy of Facebook)