facebook founder mark zuckerberg could have a huge impact on an education system where 46% of students fail to graduate high school. but who is mark zuckerberg? the 26-year-old kid with a grown-up checkbook and no direct ties to newark. he's a young man who created the social networking site with more than 500 million users. from his harvard dorm room. >> there's an enormous sense of pride. >> reporter: he's the young man who's 35 on "forbes" magazine list of richest americans. higher than apple ceo steve jobs. and he's also clearly a man who understands timing. and perhaps diversion. his announcement on "oprah" comes the same day as a release of the new feature film "social network" which depicts him as ruthless. >> your actions could permanently destroy everything i'm working on. >> we. >> reporter: was he foreshadowing the time of the announcement when he spoke to diane sawyer this summer? >> people don't care about what someone says about you in a movie. they care about what you build.