Washington, Jan 04 : Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth has increased by 12.4 billion dollars in 2013, marking the largest gain of any current technical executive, excluding Bill Gates.

The data released from Bloomberg Billionaires Index revealed that Zuckerberg is currently worth more than 24.5 billion dollars, Mashable reports.

According to the report, the increase in Zuckerberg's net worth was driven by Facebook's stock, which doubled for 2013. (ANI)