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Want to know how a prank website built in a Harvard dorm room grew into a company used by more than 3 billion people every month? This is the entire history of Facebook, from Mark Zuckerberg's Facemash in 2003 to Meta, AI, and the $1 trillion company of today.
In 2006, Yahoo offered a billion dollars for Facebook. Zuckerberg said no. Six years later, Facebook went public in one of the biggest tech IPOs ever, and the stock lost half its value within months. It then bought Instagram and WhatsApp, survived the Cambridge Analytica scandal, paid a record $5 billion fine, and kept growing anyway. In this video: Facemash and the Harvard disciplinary board, the Winklevoss lawsuit, the Saverin fight, Sean Parker and Peter Thiel's first check, the News Feed backlash, beating MySpace, Sheryl Sandberg's ad machine, the 2012 IPO disaster, the acquisition spree, the political storm, Frances Haugen's leaks, the Meta rebrand, the 2022 crash, and the AI comeback.
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A B O U T
CEOzoned tells complete company histories in fast, clear, cartoon-style stories: how the biggest companies in the world were built, almost destroyed, and rebuilt.
#Facebook #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #FacebookHistory #CompanyHistory #Business
In 2006, Yahoo offered a billion dollars for Facebook. Zuckerberg said no. Six years later, Facebook went public in one of the biggest tech IPOs ever, and the stock lost half its value within months. It then bought Instagram and WhatsApp, survived the Cambridge Analytica scandal, paid a record $5 billion fine, and kept growing anyway. In this video: Facemash and the Harvard disciplinary board, the Winklevoss lawsuit, the Saverin fight, Sean Parker and Peter Thiel's first check, the News Feed backlash, beating MySpace, Sheryl Sandberg's ad machine, the 2012 IPO disaster, the acquisition spree, the political storm, Frances Haugen's leaks, the Meta rebrand, the 2022 crash, and the AI comeback.
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S U B S C R I B E
If you enjoy complete company histories, subscribe to CEOzoned for more giants.
— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
A B O U T
CEOzoned tells complete company histories in fast, clear, cartoon-style stories: how the biggest companies in the world were built, almost destroyed, and rebuilt.
#Facebook #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #FacebookHistory #CompanyHistory #Business