The Newsmaker - Mark Zuckerberg

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Palo Alto three years ago, he had no car, no house, and no job. Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers. Mark Zuckerberg was included in the Forbes youngest billionaires list because of Facebook. The value of his wealth is estimated at 1.5 billion dollars, which is enough to be included in the Forbes Billionaires list as the 785th entry. He is the youngest member of this prestigious company at 23. This has been a landmark week for Mark Zuckerberg, for being declared to be the youngest "self-made" billionaire on the planet.

Mark is a hacker, college dropout, CEO and now the youngest self-made billionaire. Will he in the Billionaire charts for long as Microsoft's Bill Gates? Let's see...

Source: Forbes, Fastcompany