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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan: A simple love story

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A lot has been written about the wedding and a few websites even offer varied photographs of the couple. Mark Zuckerberg was indeed successful in keeping the entire affair a secret. A thorough search of the internet almost leads up to no results for their wedding pictures and the ceremony. There are a few pictures of guests moving into his Palo Alto house, all dressed very casually, because they were invited for the graduation of Priscilla Chan. But there is absolutely nothing else available on the World Wide Web. The creator of the greatest social network till date, a social platform which has indeed raised privacy concerns has managed to keep his personal life very personal. He did update his Facebook status to married though.

So who is Priscilla Chan?

Pricilla Chan is the child of Chinese Vietnamese refugees, who arrived in the US after the ‘Fall of Saigon’. She was boring in Braintree, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. She graduated from Quincy High School with honours in 2003. She is a paediatrician and an intellectual, in a very few words.

When did they first meet?

It was in 2003, at a party. She was a freshman, he was a sophomore and they were standing in a line to the loo. They began talking, things hit off and the rest, like they say, is history. Apparently, a few years down the line, Mark made a recruiting trip back to the campus and offered her a job at the Facebook, which she jokingly denied. And now she is one of the first ladies of the Silicon Valley.

The real life love story:

After seven years of dating, Chan moved in with Mark in his Palo Alto home. Interestingly, their marriage took place within a day after Facebook went public. Sources say that they had been planning the marriage for seven months and had not told anyone about it. It was a big secret, so big that the bride’s grandmother came to know on the morning of the marriage when Zuckerberg whispered the magic words in her ears in Chinese. Yes, for his love he had been taking Chinese lessons for two years.

Nobody knows where Zuckerberg purchased his wedding suit from, and well frankly, I think no-one really cares. That the man changed from his trademark jeans and hoodie into a tuxedo itself is big news. But the bride wore a $4,700 gown designed by Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone, and it is rumoured that she purchased the dress under a fake name.

The marriage was a little more than usual. Pricilla walked down the aisle with her Hungarian sheepdog, Beast (who has a Facebook page for itself). Zuckerberg is said to have written the vows himself. And it is even said that he designed the Ruby ring for the bride with all his heart. The food at the wedding was a mix of Mexican and Chinese.

What is interesting is that both of them are very much alike. He describes his personal interests as “openness, making things that help people connect and share what’s important to them, revolutions, information flow, minimalism”. She on the other hand loves cooking and as her friends describe her is very simple. But her influence on Zuckerberg’s decisions is very prominent. It was after a discussion with her over dinner that Mark decided to begin the organ donation endeavour on Facebook. And sometime back when Yahoo was trying to buy Facebook for $1bn, he had a long discussion with her and decided against it.

As a couple, they believe in sticking close to their goals and doing what makes them happy – simple small things.

After the happy ending:

For their honeymoon, Mark and Priscilla chose Rome and were photographed extensively. The honeymoon pictures and updates were rampant even on Twitter. Though Facebook got sued and has suffered huge losses, the couple continued their honeymoon and headed back home in California, a few days back.

A beautiful and yet simple love story indeed.

(img source: cupidspulse.com)


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