Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan photos they have married in a surprise ceremony in Palo Alto
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to 'married' on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his home in Palo Alto, California, capping a busy week for the couple.
Status update: Married! Mark Zuckerberg ties the knot in secret ceremony a day after $104billion IPO (and they announced it on Facebook)
Guests were told party was meant to celebrate Chan's graduation
Comes just one day after Facebook went public in mammoth IPO
And the pair announced their marriage in an unsurprising way - by posting a message on Facebook.
Wed: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have married in a surprise ceremony in Palo Alto
The tech mogul took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history on Friday, which saw the social network valued at $104billion.
And Ms Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, on Monday, the same day Mr Zuckerberg turned 28.
Status update: Mr Zuckerberg announced the news on his own personal Facebook page
Married: The couple have been together for nine years, but did not reveal their engagement
The ceremony took place in Mr Zuckerberg's backyard before fewer than 100 guests, including Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.
The guests all thought they were coming to celebrate Ms Chan's graduation but were told after they arrived that the event was in fact a wedding.
'Everybody was shocked,' the source said.
Rather than his trademark hoodie, Mr Zuckerberg wore a suit for the ceremony, while his bride wore a traditional wedding dress.
Food was served family-style and included dishes from the couple's favorite Palo Alto sushi restaurant.
Couple: Ms Chan and Mr Zuckerberg met when they studied at Harvard and have been together ever since
Guests: Those invited thought they were attending a party to celebrate Ms Chan's graduation
Arrival: Guests were pictured turning up at the Palo Alto home on Saturday afternoon
The two had been planning the marriage for months but were waiting until Ms Chan had graduated to hold the wedding, according to the source.
The timing was not tied to the IPO, he added, since the date the company planned to go public was a 'moving target'.
Despite his strong advocacy of online openness and sharing, and scant regard for web users' desire for privacy, Mr Zuckerberg has long been secretive about his own personal life.
It was not even widely known that the Facebook founder was engaged to Ms Chan, despite the length of their relationship.
Even after Friday's IPO, Mr Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6million shares.
And he controls the company with 56 per cent of its voting stock.
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