Mark Zuckerberg gets his Harvard degree post 12 years of dropping out

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Mark Zuckerberg gets his Harvard degree post 12 years of dropping out
Mark Zuckerberg gets his Harvard degree post 12 years of dropping out

Washington : Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard University after 12 years to give students a graduation speech and receive an honorary degree.

In the graduation speech, he told students to "not only create new jobs, but create a new sense of purpose".

The world's fifth richest person, Mark Zuckerberg, had dropped out from the Harvard University after launching the global social-networking website - Facebook.

Mr Zuckerberg shared the special moment on Instagram and wrote an emotional one liner to display his feelings for it. "Mom, I always told you I'd come back and get my degree," Facebook CEO captions the image.

On Wednesday, he did a Facebook Live broadcast from his old dorm room.

"This is literally where I sat," he says, pointing to a small wooden desk and chair inside Kirkland House, which is due to be renovated over the summer.

"I had my little laptop here. And this is where I programmed Facebook," he tells the camera.

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Back in my old dorm room at Harvard.

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Facebook was launched by Zuckerberg in 2004 and now over 1.9 billion people log onto the social network every day.