Breaking news from Facebook land: According to the Facebook statuses of Mark Zuckerberg and (former) girlfriend Priscilla Chan, the couple officially wed today in a private ceremony behind Zuckerberg's Palo Alto, California home.
The ceremony was so small, so private, and so surprising, that the 100-or-so guests in attendance initially thought they were coming out for a graduation ceremony for Chan, who just graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, this past Monday – Zuckerberg's 28th birthday.
Some week for the new family, eh?
Zuckerberg and Chan had been dating for approximately nine years. They both met at Harvard at a fraternity party during Zuckerberg's sophomore year in 2003. In February of 2004, Zuckerberg launched Facebook as a Harvard-only web application before branching the service out to a small list of other schools, including Stanford, Yale, and Columbia.
According to reports, Zuckerberg designed Chan's ruby wedding ring himself. The ceremony was catered by a few of the couple's favorite area restaurants, with desserts coming from L.A. Burdick Chocolate – which the couple is reported to have enjoyed on their very first date together.
Chan wore a traditional, sleeveless white wedding dress – no designer has been disclosed – and Zuckerberg wore a dark blue suit (instead of an all-black hoodie).
Facebook officially went public this past Friday, hitting a trading volume of approximately 580 million shares and a final valuation of just around $104 billion. Zuckerberg's stake in the company is worth approximately $16.9 billion.
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