While Mark Zuckerberg was taking Facebook public, his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan was quietly putting the final touches on her wedding gown. In a surprise relationship status update, Zuckerberg and Chan married Saturday in a small, unannounced ceremony at their home in Palo Alto, Calif. The bride looked stunning in Claire Pettibone’s “Sky Between the Branches” gown, an ivory laser-cut floral dress with matte sequins lined in silk. The gown featured subtle cutouts in the overlay, plus an illusion jewel neckline, sheer back and chapel-length train. Chan’s dress retails for $4,700. Pettibone, a Los Angeles-based designer, has also created wedding dresses for stars like Mad Men ‘s Elisabeth Moss and American Idol ‘s Tamyra Gray. Guests thought they were merely coming over for a surprise party to celebrate Chan’s graduation from medical school at the University of California. However, the couple, who met at Harvard more than nine years ago, had been planning the low-key wedding for more than four months. Given that Facebook stock is already down $4 today, at least Mark has something to smile about … well that and being worth tens of billions. Congratulations to the newlyweds again!
Facebook co-founder celebrates two grand achievements by making his company public and marrying longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan. By Natasha Chandel Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Photo: Priscilla Chan/ Facebook Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had quite a week! Not only is he now worth a cool $19 billion after the Facebook IPO , but he also got hitched to long-time girlfriend, Dr. Priscilla Chan, in an intimate wedding on Saturday. Of course, the announcement became official when Zuckerberg changed his Facebook status to “married” and uploaded a wedding picture of the young couple. Facebook became a public company on Friday in the second largest IPO in financial history , with shares selling at $38 each. If that wasn’t enough pressure for a week, Zuckerberg took the big plunge when he swapped out his signature hoodie and jeans for a dark blue suit and tie for his surprise nuptials with Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nine years. The couple met at Harvard, when Zuckerberg was still developing his infamous social network, and have been an item ever since. Despite Zuckerberg’s rockstar status with fans and users alike, the technology mogul has led a significantly low-key life. His weekend ceremony included approximately 100 guests, including family and friends, none of whom had any idea they were attending a wedding. They were invited under the pretense of a graduation party for Chan, who also had an eventful week after graduating from medical school. Once everyone had gathered, it was announced the couple was finally tying the knot. According to reports, Zuckerberg designed a simple ruby ring for his lady love, who looked elegant and chic in a vintage-inspired lace gown. Guests dined on the couple’s favorite foods, including mouse-shaped chocolates — a treat the couple shared on their first date. Share your well-wishes for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in the comments!
Cot-DAMN!! Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg To Make $20 Billion From IPO According to TMZ reports : Mark Zuckerberg just rang the NASDAQ bell … opening a trading day in which the 28-year-old is expected to make more than 20 BILLION DOLLARS. In case you haven’t heard, the Facebook stock officially begins trading today — the largest Internet IPO in history. Zuckerberg performed the bell-ringing via satellite … from the Facebook offices in Menlo Park, CA. Of course, he was wearing his signature hoodie and the kind of smile you’d have on your face if you were in his flip-flops. The stock price debuted at $38 dollars per share, quickly rose to $42, and then began leveling off. According to CNBC, 82 million shares were traded in the first 30 seconds. It’s not just Mark who’s set to rake in a fortune today — according to reports, more than 1,000 people will become overnight millionaires due to the initial public offering. It’s a damn good day to be a Facebook employee! Image via AP Hit TMZ to read more about Money Makin’ Mark’s big day
MTV News takes you behind the scenes of Facebook in a 2011 documentary that explores the company’s unique non-corporate culture. By Gil Kaufman Mark Zuckerberg Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg/Getty Images It’s the biggest initial public offering since the late-1990’s heyday of Internet 1.0. Hell, it’s the biggest tech IPO ever. Everyone wants to get in on the long-awaited Facebook IPO, which is offering up more than 484 million shares that are expected to raise nearly $18.5 billion for the world’s most popular social networking site. By the time all is said and done, the bright idea hatched by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm room could turn his company into a $100 billion behemoth. Since launching as a campus-only network in 2004, the site has allowed more than 900 million users around the world to connect, post pictures and stories and keep circles of friends appraised on every move they make while fundamentally altering the way we spend our time, communicate and share our private lives. When MTV News visited the company’s Palo Alto, California, headquarters in 2011 for ” Diary of Facebook ,”, we took viewers inside the matrix to find out how its young employees keep the engine running and what fuels their passion. Among the revelations in the piece was an exploration of the unique FB phenomenon known “hack-a-thons,” during which Zuckerberg said some of the site’s best ideas are generated. “Hack-a-thons are this awesome part of our culture,” Zuckerberg said of the 24-hour marathons of coding and brainstorming. “Every month or two, everyone stays up all night just experimenting with things and building things quickly. And the only rule is that you’re not allowed to work on the same thing that your day job is.” It’s that kind of irreverence and corporate rule-ditching energy — those who can’t code join in by cooking, juggling or drawing to stay energized — that has pushed the Facebook IPO from a financial and tech story to a metaphor for our entrepreneurial times. With the college job market for new grads looking the best it has since the start of the recession in 2007 and tech start-ups blossoming like it’s 1998 all over again, the Los Angeles Times wrote that the Facebook heat could help spark a renaissance of Internet heat. “Wealth has trickled down to employees and investors who cashed in their shares ahead of the IPO on private exchanges”, the paper reported. “Others are spending in advance of their big payday, fueling an economy that’s already humming thanks to the Bay Area’s thriving technology sector.” Facebook’s stock offering could mint dozens, if not hundreds of new millionaires. And it’s a fair bet that those suddenly-flush geeks could go on to form new companies that will be on the lookout for fresh young faces (and minds) to help them, yes, become the next Facebook. So, get your r
Controversy over Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie abated Friday as he turned investors’ attention to more important matters at a presentation in Palo Alto, Calif. Chief among them? Improving Facebook’s mobile application . About 200 investors showed up at an IPO presentation to quiz Zuckerberg about generating revenue from mobile users, crucial for long-term fiscal growth. Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, said overall advertising is gaining steam, with most marketers increasing their spending with Facebook. The executives, who appeared on stage alongside CFO David Ebersman, highlighted social ads as an important tool for Facebook to tackle mobile challenges. The ads, incorporating information about Facebook users’ friends who “like” certain products, are better-suited to the smaller screens of smartphones. More than half of Facebook’s users currently use it from phones. As Facebook collects more information about its users, such as location data, Facebook will be able to offer more relevant mobile ads, executives said. Facebook aims to raise about $10.6 billion via its initial public offering, dwarfing Google’s recent IPO and giving it a market value around $96 billion. The Facebook IPO marks a watershed moment for the new generation of startups that are challenging established players such as Google and Yahoo. Consumers’ online time – and advertising dollars – are very much the future. With 900 million users, Facebook is the world’s dominant social network. Zuckerberg, the 28-year-old CEO, was Time Magazine ‘s Person of the Year in 2010 and was depicted in the fictionalized 2010 movie The Social Network .
At yesterday’s Facebook f8 developers conference in San Francisco, Andy Samberg kicked off the event impersonating Mark Zuckerberg, before the real Mark took the stage for his keynote. Back in January Jesse Eisenberg, Andy Samberg and Mark Zuckerberg did the opening monologue of Saturday Night Live, all three playing the role of Mark Zuckerberg. photo Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 23/09/2011 16:33 Number of articles : 2
Mark Zuckerberg presents new Timeline feature and explains Ticker during live stream. By Kara Klenk Mark Zuckerberg presents at the Facebook f8 conference Photo: Getty Images Brace yourselves, social-media butterflies: The “new” Facebook is about to get even newer. At Thursday’s (September 22) f8 conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed tons of new features and changes aimed at making the social network even more engaging. But who (besides us) had the time to watch the almost two-hour live stream of the conference’s keynote address? (Ironically, most people were probably busy liking pictures of pandas on Facebook.) So here is a breakdown of some of the major changes coming to Facebook and what they’ll mean for you: Introducing Timeline Zuckerberg could hardly contain his giddy laughter while showing us his own Timeline, Facebook’s newest profile feature, complete with photos of his dog and some exotic dishes he’s eaten. His taglines for the feature are: All Your Stories, All Your Apps, Express Who You Are. The new feature will grant something many angry users have been demanding: control. Zuckerberg said users will decide “what you show, how you display it and who can see it” on their Timeline. You will be able to add specific photos, links, check-ins, likes and more that represent your interests and passions, making it a lot like scrapbooking online. Everyone will have a Timeline, which will look sparse at first, so more private people will probably keep it bare while others can fill it up with their very latest music interests, relationships, etc. But if you thought people were revealing too much information before, get ready for more verbs! Rather than being able to just “like” things, now you can actually “do” them. Statuses will be active, i.e. Jack is hiking Mount Washington, Sara is reading “Twilight: Breaking Dawn,” Kara is screaming at her computer; well, it’s unclear how specific the verbs will get. Getting Ticked Off Many users were angry with Wednesday’s redesign and specifically questioned the right-hand corner feed (“Why is there a feed inside my feed?”). But Zuckerberg explained that the Ticker is used to express “lightweight activity,” such as friends liking things or commenting on a photo. The goal is for the News Feed to contain more interesting items like status updates, photos and videos. If you use a lot of apps or games, most of your activity, unless you choose otherwise, will end up in your Ticker but not in the News Feed of your friends, so you can play around on Facebook as much as you want without annoying your buddies. Changing the Music Industry Facebook has been working with a variety of music applications like Turntable.fm and IHeartRadio to seamlessly integrate their applications into Facebook and remedy outstanding issues using their Open Graph protocol. Huh? Basically, Facebook is making it a lot easier for apps like Spotify to work on your profile page, and they will be more interactive. You can now easily see what your friends are listening to and listen to it with them, creating a space where friends can connect and share music freely. Zuckerberg wants to tap into the feeling of “knowing you helped a friend discover something new, that they like your taste in music.” The more music people listen to and the wider the variety, the more likely people are to buy music so artists can be fairly compensated, explained Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek. With Spotify already boasting 400 million user playlists, they’re well on their way to accomplishing Ek’s goal to “light up the world with music.” Watch With Friends Facebook is also aiming to make the way you watch TV and movies sharable and interactive. On the newest new version of the network, interesting patterns will be highlighted and immediately accessible. So if you see that seven of your friends are watching “Glee” on Hulu, you can click and watch right along with them. Think you’re going to like these new changes? Let us know on Facebook! Related Videos The Diary Of Facebook
Facebook announced on Thursday a dramatic new user interface for profiles called “Timeline.” In a keynote speech at the company’s f8 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described Timeline as “a great way to discover all the things people have done their whole life.” Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : GigaOM Discovery Date : 22/09/2011 20:14 Number of articles : 4
We head to company headquarters for the real story behind founder Mark Zuckerberg’s social network in a doc airing on March 30 at 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. By Eric Ditzian Facebook engineer Pedram Photo: MTV News & Docs What does it take to run a social-networking site that five-hundred millions users rely on and obsess over? Who are the people working to keep your Facebook page not only up and running but constantly innovating and transforming? MTV’s ” Diary of Facebook ” — premiering March 30 at 11 p.m. ET/PT — goes deep inside the social network’s hyperkinetic Palo Alto headquarters to tell the story of what really goes on; you think you know, but you have no idea. The 30-minutes special features company founder Mark Zuckerberg giving insight into the company’s culture and evolution, as well as day-in-the-life journeys with a technical engineer named Pedram and a consumer-marketing employee named Erin, as they work to pioneer new applications and bring together users whose lives have been changed through the site. For the first time ever, we get an inside look at Facebook’s famous “hack-a-thon,” a 24-hour, no-code-barred event in which employees are directed to ditch their normal duties and instead break ground on those pet tech projects they’ve always wanted to create but have never found the time to pursue. Not only does Pedram innovate, he does so under-pressure, and overnight. And then there’s Erin, a driving force behind Stories.Facebook.com ‘s effort to highlight users’ life-changing, social-networking stories, from one woman’s quest to locate long-lost family members to an A.L.S.-stricken man who finds in Facebook a way to engage with the world around him despite the limitations of his disease. In the end, viewers will walk away with an intimate look at the personalities and day-to-day dealings of one of the world’s most talked-about companies and social platforms. It’s all happening on March 30, when “Diary of Facebook” debuts on MTV. Tune in to ” Diary of Facebook ,” airing on Wednesday, March 30, at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Related Videos Sneak A Peek At ‘Diary Of Facebook’
Fresh from its launch last week, The Daily continues to live up to its promise of delivering exclusive content, this time publishing the first in a three-part interview with Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s nemeses, the Winklevoss twins. Interviewer Erin Ade admits she is a close friend of the Winklevi – and it shows. The interview is Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 08/02/2011 16:17 Number of articles : 2
