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These are two examples of something far more important than connecting “friends.” “When you give everyone a voice,” says Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, Inc. (renamed Meta in 2021), “and give people power, the system usually ends up in a good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.” That’s what Zuckerberg has done through Facebook. He’s given people all around the world a place to have a voice, and by doing that, he’s helped to change the world in unexpected ways. HOW IT BEGAN Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York. He grew up living with his family in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Zuckerberg’s parents are Edward and Karen, and he has three sisters, Randi, Arielle, and Donna. Edward Zuckerberg worked as a dentist—his patients called him “painless Dr. Z” because of the gentle way he treated them. The

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