Cannes Lions: Facebook founder is Media Person of the Year
At this year's 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, will be honored with the title of Media Person of the Year. This award honors personalities who are currently influencing the media and communications landscape.
With Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has succeeded in building a platform on the internet in a very short space of time that has not only changed the way we communicate, but has also created new possibilities and opportunities for the advertising industry, according to the statement. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while studying computer science at Harvard University. Based in Palo Alto, California, Facebook now has more than 400 million registered users.
