A glance at Time Magazine’s list of The World’s Most Influential People in 2008 will show you Mark Zuckerberg in 52^nd place out of a list of 101. Who is Mark Zuckerberg, though? You might be more familiar with him as the founder and current CEO of Facebook.

Together with two roommates, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, the worldwide social networking phenomenon, from his dorm room at Harvard University back in 2004. From that point, the website has gone on to achieve astounding success, rising to become the most popular social networking website in the world, dethroning longtime champ MySpace.

Today, Mark Zuckerberg continues to work as the CEO of the company he founded and continues to work on ways to improve the platform. For instance, in 2007, the Facebook Platform was launched, which provides programmers with the tools needed to make applications for users of Facebook.

Today, this has become an integral part of the website and offers users the chance to interact through games, quizzes, tests and much more. It has also benefited advertisers, though this has drawn some controversy. Currently, Zuckerberg rates within the Forbes 400 richest people in the US, and Facebook continues to enjoy unprecedented growth.