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Facebook is a social networking service originally launched as TheFacebook on February 4, 2004, before changing its name to simply Facebook in August 2005. [ 1] It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. [ 2]
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg ( / ˈzʌkərbɜːrɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman. He co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits ...
It began as Facebook Chat in 2008, [294] was revamped in 2010 [295] and eventually became a standalone mobile app in August 2011, while remaining part of the user page on browsers. [296] Complementing regular conversations, Messenger lets users make one-to-one [297] and group [298] voice [299] and video calls. [300]
However, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the majority shareholder of Meta, owning 13% of its stake as of January 2024. The largest company shareholder is Vanguard Group Inc.
Moskovitz, of course, was Zuckerberg's college roommate and co-founder of Facebook. If you get your Facebook history from Aaron Sorkin, he was the guy coding away in silence while half-naked girls ...
It’s been 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg first brought thefacebook.com online from his dorm room, but Facebook occupies an increasingly awkward space in Meta’s “family” of apps.
Mark Zuckerberg is the largest shareholder with 28.2 percent of the company. He's followed by Accel (invested in 2005) and Accel Partner Jim Breyer who owns 11.4 percent of the company. Co-founder ...
Dustin Aaron Moskovitz[ 1] ( / ˈmɒskəvɪts /; born May 22, 1984) [ 2] is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. [ 3] In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana [ 4] with Justin Rosenstein.