Mark Zuckerberg was involved in the creation of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg . Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dormitory room on February 4 , 2004 . The group then introduced Facebook to other college campuses . Meanwhile , Zuckerberg was involved in various legal disputes brought by others in the group , who claimed a share of the company based upon their involvement during the development phase of Facebook . On December 1 , 2015 , they announced they would eventually give 99 percent of their Facebook shares ( worth about US$ 45 billion at the time ) to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative .