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Mark Zuckerberg

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"Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected." -- Mark Zuckerberg One might assume that information would abound on the founder of a high-profile, multi-billion-dollar social networking site. Wrong. Information on Mark Zuckerberg is surprisingly scarce. Maybe that's just because the 31-year-old Harvard dropout has only ever held one job: CEO of Facebook.   ..................................................... Continue Reading

Evan Spiegel

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Snapchat creator Spiegel became one of the youngest public company CEOs at age 26 when Snap began trading in March 2017. Each day some 191 million people use Snapchat to send disappearing messages; the app faces growing competition from Facebook-owned Instagram. Spiegel cofounded the company with Bobby Murphy, a Stanford University fraternity brother, in 2011. Spiegel and Murphy each own about 18% of Snap but have voting shares that give them control over the board.  ..................................................... Continue Reading