Everyone knows about the app Facebook. Most people have one, but even if they don’t, they know of this social media juggernaut. The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg, who is currently 36 years old. But when the app was founded, he was only 24. Zuckerberg and his roommate at Harvard University, named Eduardo Saverin. While attending Harvard, Zuckerberg majored in Computer Science. The whole idea behind the app was inspired by a botched attempt to get internet users to rate one another’s photos. It all started in 2003, when second-year student Mark Zuckerberg wrote the software for a website called Facemash. He put his computer science skills to questionable use by hacking into Harvard’s security network, where he copied the student ID images used by the dormitories and used them to populate his new website. Website visitors could use Zuckerberg’s site to compare two student photos side-by-side and determine who was “hot” and who was “not.” The app was only open for a few days because it was shut down by Harvard execs when it was discovered. A few months later the idea called “The Facebook” was initially created. The site was named after the directories that were handed out to university students to help them to get to know one another better. The app was only up for 6 days when Zuckerberg was in hot water yet again. Harvard seniors Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra accused him of stealing their ideas for an intended social networking website called HarvardConnection. The claimants later filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, however, the matter was eventually settled out of court. As you can see, Zuckerberg faced many challenges when he was developing the app. But he never gave up. And now he is the creator of the most successful social media app on the planet. He is the definition of a true innovator.