How did the creator of Facebook How did the creator of Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) manage to make it (Mark Zuckerberg) manage to make it into such a big success in such a short into such a big success in such a short

time?time?

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Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg He was born in 14He was born in 14thth of May 1984. of May 1984. To the White Plains in New YorkTo the White Plains in New York Family: jewish Family: jewish ReligionReligion: Atheist.: Atheist. He started programming when he was in He started programming when he was in

middle school. middle school. AmericanAmerican businessmanbusinessman . . President of President of Facebook.Facebook. He is currently one of the youngest He is currently one of the youngest

billionaires in the world with personal billionaires in the world with personal wealth of USwealth of US $4 billion in 2010$4 billion in 2010..

FacebookFacebook Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal

interests, contact information and other personal interests, contact information and other personal information. Communicating with friends and other users information. Communicating with friends and other users can be done through private or public messages or a can be done through private or public messages or a chat feature. Users can also create and join interest and chat feature. Users can also create and join interest and fan groups, some of which are maintained by fan groups, some of which are maintained by organizations as a means of advertising. To allay organizations as a means of advertising. To allay concerns about privacy, Facebook enables users to concerns about privacy, Facebook enables users to choose their own privacy settings and choose who can choose their own privacy settings and choose who can see what parts of their profilesee what parts of their profile..

The website is free to users and generates revenue from The website is free to users and generates revenue from advertisingadvertising..By default, the viewing of detailed profile data By default, the viewing of detailed profile data is restricted to users from the same network and is restricted to users from the same network and "reasonable community limitations"."reasonable community limitations".

FacebookFacebook Facebook is a Facebook is a social networkingsocial networking website  website ..   Since September 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid Since September 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid

e-mail address can become a Facebook usere-mail address can become a Facebook user.. Type: PrivateType: Private FoundedFounded: Massachusetts, USA: Massachusetts, USA Area servedArea served: Worldwide: Worldwide Revenue: 300 milioRevenue: 300 milio Employees: 1200+Employees: 1200+ RegistrationRegistration: : RequiredRequired Available in: Multilingual Available in: Multilingual

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The idea for Facebook came from his days at Phillips The idea for Facebook came from his days at Phillips Exeter Academy which, like most colleges and prep Exeter Academy which, like most colleges and prep schools, had a longschools, had a long -- standing tradition of publishing standing tradition of publishing an annual student directory with headshot photos of an annual student directory with headshot photos of all students, faculty and staff known as the all students, faculty and staff known as the "Facebook“"Facebook“

Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off as just a "Harvard-as just a "Harvard- thing", until Zuckerberg then thing", until Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate enlisted the help of roommate

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FFirst spread it toirst spread it to Stanford, Dartmouth and Columbia, Stanford, Dartmouth and Columbia, and then to other schools with social contacts with and then to other schools with social contacts with HarvardHarvard..

Moving to CaliforniaMoving to California:: Zuckerberg moved Zuckerberg moved to to CaliforniaCalifornia with some friends. They leased a small with some friends. They leased a small house which served as their first office. Over the house which served as their first office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met summer, Zuckerberg met one manone man who invested in  who invested in the company. They got their first office during the the company. They got their first office during the summer of 2004. According to Zuckerberg, the group summer of 2004. According to Zuckerberg, the group planned to return to Harvard in the fall but eventually planned to return to Harvard in the fall but eventually decided to remain in California. To date, he has not decided to remain in California. To date, he has not returned as a student to college.returned as a student to college.

Facebook PlatformFacebook Platform

On May 24, 2007, Zuckerberg announced a Facebook On May 24, 2007, Zuckerberg announced a Facebook Platform, a development platform for programmers to Platform, a development platform for programmers to create social applications within Facebook. This create social applications within Facebook. This announcement sparked a great deal of interest in the announcement sparked a great deal of interest in the developer community. Within weeks, many developer community. Within weeks, many applications had been built and some already had applications had been built and some already had millions of users. Today, there are more than 800,000 millions of users. Today, there are more than 800,000 developers around the world building applications for developers around the world building applications for Facebook Platform.Facebook Platform.

On July 23, 2008, Zuckerberg announced Facebook On July 23, 2008, Zuckerberg announced Facebook Connect, a version of Facebook Platform for usersConnect, a version of Facebook Platform for users..

Microsoft investment in FacebookMicrosoft investment in Facebook

On October 24, 2007, Facebook sold a 1.6% stake On October 24, 2007, Facebook sold a 1.6% stake to  to  Microsoft Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, rejecting a Corp. for $240 million, rejecting a competing offer from online search leader competing offer from online search leader Google .Google .This This would indicate that Facebook had a would indicate that Facebook had a market valuemarket value of $15  of $15 billion at the time of the sale. A software update for billion at the time of the sale. A software update for Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console has been released Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console has been released which added support for Facebook, Twitter and Last.fmwhich added support for Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm

Facebook in 2009Facebook in 2009::As of December 2, 2009 Facebook As of December 2, 2009 Facebook has claimed that it has attained over 350 million users.has claimed that it has attained over 350 million users.

MovieMovie::There is a movie based on Mark Zuckerberg and There is a movie based on Mark Zuckerberg and the surrounding creators of the surrounding creators of Facebook ,Facebook ,called called  The Social The Social Netwrork Netwrork It is currently set to release in 2010, and It is currently set to release in 2010, and stars stars Jesse Eisenbera and Justin Timberlake.Jesse Eisenbera and Justin Timberlake.

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