10 unknown facts about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

New Delhi: The founder of the social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg reign in as the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. He is only 29, and he has accomplished what few people could do in a lifetime. Did you know Mark Zuckerberg is half Bulgarian – something which he is proud of. In an interview with "AP", he added, he was proud of his Bulgarian ancestry. In fact, Mark was named after his grandfather Bulgarian - Marco on maternal line.According to Zuckerberg his grandfather had emigrated from Bulgaria to ship in 1940s of the last century.Mark Zuckerberg established a name for himself in the social media world and is the poster boy for tech industry success in Silicon Valley. He is the epitome of an ambitious, free-thinking innovator willing to work around the clock to help develop the next big business venture.One of the fastest-growing companies in history, Facebook has become an essential part of everyday social life, a conduit for developing bongs with our loved ones.In her new book, "Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook's Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg,” social media trailblazer Ekaterina Walter answers the questions everyone is asking: How did a 19-year-old Harvard student create a company that has revolutionized the Internet, and how did he grow it exponentially in such a brief period? According to Walter, it was a result of five Ps:Passion, Purpose, people, product, and partnerships.Certainly Zuckerberg has a lot to celebrate. He's amassed a fortune, inspired one of every seven people on the planet to use his product and changed how the world communicates. Let's take a look at some interesting facts about him:1. He began using computers and writing software as a child.2. On his application to Harvard University, he listed French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek as languages he could read and write.3. AOL and Microsoft tried to recruit him when he was in high school after he created Synapse, a program that used artificial intelligence to learn users' music-listening habits.4. He is a vegetarian and once said he will only eat meat if he has killed the animal himself. But among his "likes" on his Facebook page are McDonald's and In-N-Out Burger.5. He lists Albert Einstein's "Make things as simple as possible but no simpler" as one of his favourite quotations.6. He owns a Hungarian sheepdog named Beast, who has a Facebook page with 1.5 million fans.7. He is so romantic that he learned chinese in order to be able to communicate with his then girlfriend (now wife) Priscilla Chan's family members, Zuckerberg learned Chinese in 2010!.8. By July 2011, Zuckerberg became the most-followed user on Google's social network Google+, overtaking Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.9. If Zuckerberg lives to be 80, he can spend US$300,000 of his worth per day. (As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be US$17.5bn, making him one of the world's youngest billionaires)10. Zuckerberg is colour blind – he can't see red and green, but can see blue best.