Business Chief USA February 2019

HQ
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA
$512bn
MARKET CAPITAL
IN US DOLLARS
35,587
NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES
85
06
Mark Zuckerberg
FACEBOOK
In 2004 – at the age of 19 - Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook
alongside Dustin Moskovitz, Chris R. Hughes, Andrew McCollum and
Eduardo P. Saverin. Zuckerberg has been CEO of the company since
its founding. Facebook began its journey as a platform for Harvard
University students to match student names with photos. In 2005, Accel
invested US$12mn into the platform, opening it up to other colleges,
high schools and international schools. Seven years later Facebook
became a public company; Zuckerberg still owns roughly 15% of the
stocks. Today Facebook Inc. owns multiple social media platforms
including: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp and Oculus.
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