SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it …………………………………. (be) quite a week – from birthday, to IPO, to "I DO".
On Monday 14 Zuckerberg …………………………………. (turn) 28 and on the same day, his 27-year-old girlfriend of nearly a decade, Priscilla Chan …………………………………. (graduate) from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she …………………………………. (study) pediatrics. The couple …………………………………. (meet) at Harvard more than nine years ago
On Friday 18 Zuckerberg …………………………………. (take) his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history.
And on Saturday 19, a day after the historic Facebook stock offering, Zuckerberg …………………………………. (marry) his girlfriend at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif. home.
A source …………………………………. (authorize) by the couple and who …………………………………. (speak) only on the condition of anonymity. …………………………………. (say) Zuckerberg …………………………………. (design) the ring featuring "a very simple ruby."
The ceremony …………………………………. (take) place in Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, who all …………………………………. (think) they …………………………………. (be) there to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school.
The person …………………………………. (disclose - negative) the names of the people who …………………………………. (attend) the party to protect their privacy. Food …………………………………. (be) served family-style and …………………………………. (include) dishes from the couple’s favorite Palo Alto sushi restaurant.
The seemingly well-coordinated timing …………………………………. (be) largely a coincidence, the guest said. The wedding had been planned for months and the couple was waiting for Chan to finish medical school, but the date of the IPO was a “moving target”.
Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg …………………………………. (remain) Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he …………………………………. (control) the company with 56 percent of its voting stock.
The site, which …………………………………. (be) born in a Harvard dorm room eight years ago, …………………………………. (be) a worldwide network of almost a billion people and …………………………………. (make) its founder Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2010 at age 26.
Mark Zuckerberg, who …………………………………. (grow) up in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y …………………………………. (update) his Facebook status to "married" on Saturday. As of Sunday noon, 776,814 people …………………………………. (like) his status change, which …………………………………. (be) accompanied by a photo of the couple in wedding attire.
Chan’s own Facebook page, which now lists her as married to the founder, said she…………………. (be) a native of Braintree, Mass., and …………………………………. (attend) high school in nearby Quincy. She …………………………………. (graduate) from Harvard in 2007 and then …………………………………. (teach) science to fourth and fifth graders at the Harker School in San Jose for two years before …………………………………. (start) medical school, according to her profile.
