Leadership Case Study of Mark Zuckerberg

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Provide a biography of the leader.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is one of the most famous American computer programmers and an
internet entrepreneur who was born on 14th May, 1984. He is also best known as one of the
co-founders of a popular social media website named Facebook. Presently, he is CEO of
Facebook and considered as one of the youngest richest billionaires in the world having a
personal wealth estimated around $81.6 billion (Bloomberg, 2018). After graduation,
Zuckerberg went to Harvard University and developed a reputation of ingenious software
developer in the campus. Zuckerberg along with his few friends developed a dating software
which later developed into Facebook. Zuckerberg dropped himself out of the University to
devote his entire time to Facebook and soon his website became one of the most influential
and successful sites in the world. In 2004, Facebook set its first office during which
Zuckerberg had even rejected proposals made by many investors to buy his company. He
showed disinterest to sell his company not only because he did not had interest in money, but
also because he was motivated by his passion to build a strong network that could connect
people from all over the world under a strong platform. Zuckerberg is well known for his
goal-oriented mindset and is fully focused while leading his team for producing best social
media website in the globe. Zuckerberg’s leadership style can be defined as aggressive and
encouraging which demands constant growth and innovation. Even his subordinates are very
frank to him and speaks to him for getting improvement related suggestions on everyday
basis while Zuckerberg always keep collaborating with his associates to foster relationships
with them (Biography.com , 2018).