After seven years of dating his long-time girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has finally updated his status to ‘in a relationship,’ adding that the change has been ‘long overdue’.

The couple began dating in 2003 when they first met at Harvard University days after Zuckerberg was expelled following his now infamous “Facemash” prank at the university.

“Facemash” as illustrated in the movie, “The Social Network” was done with two female university students rated for their attractiveness, Zuckerberg created while blogging drunk about his then girlfriend who dumped her the night the stunt was created.

The prank had recorded 22,000 hits in the first two hours it went live on the net. And Mark met his Chinese girlfriend amidst the battle against Harvard as a result.

No other details were found on Mark’s page. But Priscilla’s Facebook page provided more information on their relationship. It said that their relationship began on November 7, 2003.

Priscilla has proudly indicated on her Facebook page that she is Mark Zuckerberg’s girlfriend.

Following Mark’s latest update on his relationship status, The Daily Mail – UK raised questions as to what comes next after the status update.

It has asked if engagement follows after telling the whole world that Zuckerberg is now taken. And should he really end up walking the aisle with the Chinese beauty, the news website asked if there will be pre-nuptial agreement between the couple.

After creating Facebook, Zuckerberg now has been recorded by the Forbes magazine as the 52nd richest man in the world whose worth is estimated at $13.5billion (£8.3billion).

Though he is worth more than co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, the 26-year-old Harvard drop out is the second youngest billionaire in the world, next to Moskovitz.

Zuckerberg is notoriously secretive but recent news emerged showing his home at Palo Alto, a place he shared with girlfriend, Priscilla.

But their home, contrary to what everyone is expecting from Mark is rented. He has been recently pictured in his usual sandals while walking around near his place with girlfriend, Priscilla.