VIDEO: Mark Zuckerberg Is No. 8 On ‘CNBC First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders’ List

As part of its 25th-anniversary celebration, CNBC compiled the “CNBC First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders” list of the 25 people “who have had the greatest influence, sparked the biggest changes, and created the most disruption in business over the past quarter century." A familiar name appeared at No. 8: Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

CNBCFirst25650As part of its 25th-anniversary celebration, CNBC compiled the “CNBC First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders” list of the 25 people “who have had the greatest influence, sparked the biggest changes, and created the most disruption in business over the past quarter century.” A familiar name appeared at No. 8: Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

CNBC said in its profile of Zuckerberg:

Mark Zuckerberg makes our anniversary list of the 25 most transformative leaders, icons, and rebels of the past quarter-century by epitomizing both the social media revolution and the new generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

Like Bill Gates three decades earlier, Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University after two years to start his own company.

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