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Credited with being responsible for changing the landscape of social networking, 29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has seen an unprecedented rise in his earnings and popularity over the last 9 years.

With Facebook being evaluated at $40 billion as of September 2012, here’s a sneak peek into the life of the youngest billionaire in the world

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In March 2013, Mark Zuckerberg was listed as the 66th richest man in the world, with an estimated networth of $13.3 billion as reported by Forbes.

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Zuckerberg’s rise to the top has been accounted for in various books like The Facebook Effect, and The Accidental Billionaires. However, the most popular rendition was The Social Network, a 2010 flick that featured Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg.

Credited with being responsible for changing the landscape of social networking, 29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has seen an unprecedented rise in his earnings and popularity over the last 9 years. With Facebook being evaluated at $40 billion as of September 2012, here’s a sneak peek into the life of the youngest billionaire in the world

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In 2006, corporate giant Viacom offered to front $750 million to buy Facebook, and in 2007, Yahoo upped the price to a billion dollars for the company. 

Zuckerberg turned down the monies and accepted to offer only a piddly share in his company to Microsoft, at a whopping $240 million.

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‘I’m CEO, Bitch!’ was indeed the fine print on the tech billionaire’s first installment of visiting cards. Whether it was intended to be a joke or sheer snobbery is an answer only Zuckerberg can give.

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Mark and his wife Priscilla Chan live in the posh Palo Alto area of California. Their 5,617sq ft mansion sits on sizeable 17,000sqft  grounds, and is equipped with a saltwater pool, and five bed and baths. The house is estimated to have cost him $7 million, but looks like Zuckerberg was already hunting for greener pastures on his recent vacation to Hawai.

Rumour has it, the billionaire is eyeing multi-million dollar units in a luxurious development called Ala Moana in Honolulu. From $1.6 million for a house to penthouse suites in the $9 million range, it’ll be interesting to see what Mark picks.

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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife tied the knot at their Palo Alto home last May. While Priscilla walked down the aisle in a $4,700 Claire Pettibone gown and $25,000 ruby and diamond rock on her finger, it was celebrity entertainer Billie Joe Armstrong from rock band Greenday that had the guests living it up that night

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The couple followed up the wedding with a honeymoon in Italy—flying in on a private jet of course—where Mark footed the bill for a room at the uber luxurious Portrait Suites, priced over $1,000 per night (Rs 59,500 approx). 

P.S. Reportedly, Facebook financially settlements indicate the company spent as much as $700,000 flying Zuckerberg on private jets annually. Whoa!

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And what is $1,000 a night in Italy when Zuckerberg would front the same to buy an exotic pet dog, eh? Beast, the couple’s four legged friend is a Puli (rare Hungarian Sheepdog), that can be found at select breeders for $800 and up.

Source: luxpresso