I lived with just a mattress until Facebook reached 100m people – Zuckerberg

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has disclosed he lived in his first apartment with just a mattress on the floor until the social media platform reached 100 million people.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Zuckerberg, born on 14th May in 1984, made the disclosure on Tuesday while marking his 40th birthday anniversary.

The Facebook founder disclosed that his wife, Priscilla threw a little party and recreated a bunch of places he lived in his early days to mark the birthday celebration.

Part of the places Zuckerberg lived as recreated by Priscilla included the Facebook founder’s childhood bedroom where he learned to code, Harvard dorm where he launched Facebook with Bill Gates as special guest and  his first apartment with just a mattress on the floor where he stayed until Facebook reached 100 million people.

Others included office lockdown where he worked day and night to fight off competitors and the Pinocchio’s Pizzeria where he basically lived in college.

“Grateful for my first 40 years! Priscilla threw me a little party and recreated a bunch of places I lived in the early days.

“Grateful that people traveled from all around the world to celebrate with me. Here’s to the next 40,” Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook.