Does Mark Zuckerberg have German roots?

Mark Zuckerberg - a success story

• Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14th, 1984 in White Plains, USA. His parents, a dentist and a psychologist, have three other children besides him, all of them girls.

• He founded while studying at Harvard in 2004 Facebook, a platform that was initially only intended for students. However, as more and more people showed interest, Zuckerberg made Facebook available to other people.

• A short time later, Facebook even overtook established social networks such as MySpace or Friendster. Zuckerberg became the youngest self-made billionaire of all time just 5 years after founding Facebook.

• After many civil lawsuits and a turbulent IPO in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg married his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2002.

German roots are quite conceivable

• It has not been proven that Mark Zuckerberg has German roots. Furthermore, Mark Zuckerberg never took a position on it. Since his parents did not emigrate to the USA, but were also born in the USA, Mark Zuckerberg is strictly speaking a pure American.


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• However, it is quite possible that Mark Zuckerberg has German ancestors and therefore roots in Europe. Many European Jews (Zuckerberg is a Jew) emigrated to the USA during or after the Second World War.

More interesting facts

• The film "The Social Network" is based on the story of the founding of Facebook and lets Zuckerberg appear in a questionable light.

• Mark Zuckerberg is Jewish, but describes himself as an atheist.

• Zuckerberg didn't found Facebook alone, but with fellow students Chris Hughes and Dustin Moskovitz.

• Zuckerberg is known for wearing mostly jeans, T-shirts and flip-flops.