Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wife Priscilla Chan, the girlfriend of long standing

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has married his girlfriend of many years, Priscilla Chan on Saturday - but surprisingly, not to add a "Relationship Status" on his Facebook page.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in a photo on the front page of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg today, May 19, 2012. The CEO of Facebook Chan married.

One day after taking his company public, Zuckerberg added a "life event" on Facebook, to publish a photo that shows him wearing a suit and tie the knot loosened, rather than his hoodie brand .

This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012.

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Standing next to him in the picture is a woman in a white dress and veil. Above the photo are the words "wife Priscilla Chan."

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The photo had been "loved" by 289.086 people in the order of 23.30, two hours after it was sent. Page updated her Facebook status Chan married to Mark Zuckerberg. The same photo was posted he "loved" 3.784 times.

The ceremony took place in the courtyard before Zuckerberg less than 100 guests, who all believed they were there to celebrate graduation Chan.

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The two were married in an intimate ceremony at his Palo Alto, California, at home, in front of fewer than 100 people, said a guest who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

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The wedding capped a busy week for the couple.

Chan graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, Monday, the day Zuckerberg turned 28. Zuckerberg company went public Friday, raising his fortune to a staggering $ 20 billion.

Participants visited the home wedding of Zuckerberg believe they were attending a graduation celebration for Chan, but was pleasantly surprised by the change of the occasion.

"Everyone was shocked," said the guest.

Zuckerberg designed ring with a ruby ​​his fiancée "very simple", said the source.

Food was served family style and included the couple's favorite dishes sushi restaurant Palo Alto. The couple were Burdick chocolate "mouse" for dessert - they ate the chocolates that are shaped mouse over the date of their first, People.com reported.

Screenshot of the page and Priscilla Chan Facebook relationship status after she married Mark Zuckerberg, on Saturday.

   

The couple was planning the wedding for months but I wanted to wait until after graduation Chan, the guest said.

The wedding date was not related to the IPO, since that date was a "moving target," said the guest.

The couple met at Harvard and have been together for over nine years.