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Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremonyat his Palo Alto, California, home, capping a busy week for thecouple. The 28-year-old also posted a photograph of the happy couple in their wedding finery. Zuckerberg, who is rarely seen out of his trademark hoodie, donneda dark blue suit and tie with a white shirt, while the bride, 27,wore a white lace gown. The picture showed Zuckerberg and Chan posing in what appeared tobe a backyard, with a string of outdoor lightbulbs behind them. A source authorized by the couple to speak said Zuckerberg designedthe ring featuring "a very simple ruby" that he designedhimself. The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than100 guests, who all thought they were there to celebrate Chan'sgraduation. Chan also updated her Facebook page . "Married Mark Zuckerberg," she wrote. Zuckerberg's status update had almost 140,000 likes as of 6:50pmlocal time, (11.50am AEST). "That's awesome! Congratulations!! Beautiful couple!" onewell-wisher wrote. "Congrats Mark, You have been having a good week!!!!"another said, referring to Facebook going public Friday. Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history Friday. And Chan graduated from medical school at the Universityof California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Zuckerbergturned 28. The couple, who met at Harvard, have been together for more thannine years. Marck Zuckerberg's Wikipedia page has already been updated with the wedding news. Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder , with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56percent of its voting stock. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and hasgrown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people. Zuckerberg founded Facebook at Harvard in 2004. He was named as Time's Person of the Year in 2010 , at age 26. Zuckerberg, already the world's youngest paper billionaire, turned28 on Monday and is reaping the rewards from an unlikely beginningin his dorm room in Harvard. Less than a decade later, he was ranked 14th on Forbes' list of richest Americans , ahead of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. He is nowworth $19.25 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal . "Seems hard to believe that @Facebook could be worth thatmuch--be careful if you invest. And Mark Zuckerberg--get apre-nup," real estate mogul Donald Trump advised on Twitter earlier in the week. Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as ID Card Holder Lanyard , Retractable ID Badge Reels, and more. For more , please visit Magnetic File Holders today!
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