4 Most Influential People of the Decade

No. 2: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook Inc (FB), JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU)

Mark Zuckerberg is by now one of the most recognized names worldwide, but you might be wondering why the creator of a social network would rank as one of the most influential people of the past decade. It’s quite simple: Facebook has become such an integral part of the activity Internet users engage in, that it would have been a real shame to overlook the man behind it. The fact that he created the concept and set it up in his dorm room makes Zuckerberg’s story all the more inspiring. Did we mention that he was already a billionaire by the time he turned 23?