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Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mark ZuckerbergNumber of Employees 600
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Recent Events
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Joinred on Twitter, ASPCA on Facebook, and the UN World Food Program and DoubleTree
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Facebook to Enhance User Safety Through Formation of Global Advisory Board
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Chat with Roku on hurdles to online video market
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Hulu U.S. video streams soar almost 50% in October, Google’s YouTube flat
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Facebook Holders Tighten Grip
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Social Networking Sells
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Facebook's New Dual Class Structure - Slow Steps to an IPO
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IHA Announces Social Media Tools for Association and Show
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Week in review: Modern Warfare 2 smashes records, Facebook co-founder’s Asana raises $9M
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Cloud hangs over Black Friday
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Social animal
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FileSalvage 7 released by SubRosaSoft
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Facebook Invasion: Beware of New 'Smart' Worm
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Society Confidential: Tika Ivezaj has model behavior
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Chase and Facebook Launch Innovative Giving Program for Small and Local Charities
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Facebook as an Alibi
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Fight Club uses Facebook Connect to celebrate 10th anniversary
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Bing Buddies Up With Wolfram Alpha
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Facebook, Zynga Face Class-Action Suit Over Offer-Based Ads
PaidContent
- 2009-11-20
Offer-based ads seemed to be the secret to monetizing social games—and social network users, in general—that standard banner ads couldn’t provide. But amid ongoing accusations that the ads actually “scammed” users into paying for things they didn’t want and giving up their personal info, comes the inevitable: a class-action...
After Facebook Bans FishVille, Zynga Pulls Plug On All Performance-Based Ads
PaidContent
- 2009-11-09
More fallout from the media backlash surrounding the performance-based ads that social gaming companies like Zynga have been using to monetize their games. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that the company will be removing “all CPA [cost-per-action] offers” from its games until further notice. This comes after Facebook banned...
To Serve Better Ads, Google's Social Platform Gets Nosier
PaidContent
- 2009-11-04
Facebook has been the winner when it comes to getting big publishers to adopt its social platform, Facebook Connect; most recently it inked a news and ad-sharing deal with HuffPo, but Facebook Connect has been serving as CNN’s go-to social platform for over a year now. That hasn’t stopped...
Facebook Retools Privacy Policy, Will Let Users Comment On Potential Ad Changes
PaidContent
- 2009-10-30
Facebook is revamping its privacy policy, exchanging some of the legal jargon for plain, simple examples of how users can delete their profiles, how long “backup copies” of personal data get stored, and how some of their new data partnerships with companies like Nielsen and Microsoft might impact the...
MySpace Users To Get Avatars, Virtual Goods With Meez Integration
PaidContent
- 2009-10-20
Another add-on aimed at keeping MySpace’s loyal users engaged and away from Facebook: The social network is integrating teen-centric virtual world Meez into its platform, giving members the ability to create avatars, play games and party together in a 3D-virtual environment. Meez Nation runs in Java, so MySpace users...
HuffPo CEO Eric Hippeau: 'We Are Now In The Big Leagues'
PaidContent
- 2009-10-19
The news spread quickly, aided by PR and the characteristic web glee anytime an online property appears to be leaving old media in the dust: the September numbers for comScore and Nielsen showed Arianna Huffington and The Huffington Post beating WashingtonPost.com in unique visitors for the first time. Coincidentally,...
Startup Hopes To Shake Up DYI Facebook App Market By Sharing Ad Revenue
PaidContent
- 2009-09-29
A new startup thinks it can take a slice of the booming make-your-own Facebook app market with a seemingly simple strategy: Pay users to create apps. AppBank, which launches today, gives users a cut of the ad revenue generated from the ads that surround the basic polls and quizzes...
Facebook Rolls Out New Ads; Partners With Nielsen To Measure Their Effectiveness
PaidContent
- 2009-09-22
[In progress] Facebook may have just pulled the plug on its controversial Beacon ad program, but it keeps devising new ways to generate revenue and profits. The latest is a multi-year partnership with Nielsen, one aimed at shedding light on how ads running across the network impact metrics like...
Interview: Playfish COO de Halleux On How Facebook Has Changed Gaming Forever
PaidContent
- 2009-09-18
Not much differentiates one hot new social gaming startup from another. Sure they have different games—and maybe even slightly different business models—but for the most part, they make their money through some combination of user-generated revenue (micro-transactions, virtual goods, subscriptions, etc.) and advertising. What’s really interesting is when other...
Facebook boasts positive cash flow
Financial Times
- 2009-09-15
Facebook says it now has more than 300m users and that its cash flow is positive, two milestones that re-emphasise its position as one of the fastest-growing internet sites.Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, made the announcements in a blog post on Tuesday. "It's a large number, but the way...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Zuckerberg | Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Adam D'Angelo | CTO |
| Sheryl Sandberg | Chief Operating Officer |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Vice President, Growth, Mobile and International |
| Dan Rose | Vice President, Business Development |
| Dustin Moskovitz | Co-founder & Vice President Engineering |
| Elliot Schrage | Vice President, Communications and Public Policy |
| Jonathan Heiliger | Vice President, Technical Operations |
| Matt Cohler | Vice President, Product Management |
| Scott Murphy | Vice President, Sales |
| Ted Ullyot | Vice President & General Counsel |
| Ethan Beard | Director of Business Development |
| Rudy Gadre | General Counsel |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Sze | Board Observer |
| James W. Breyer | Board of Directors |
| Marc L. Andreessen | Board of Directors |
| Paul Madera | Board Observer |
| Peter Thiel | Board of Directors |
Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook, which he founded in 2004. Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, families and coworkers. Mark is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Facebook's service and development of its core technology and infrastructure. Mark attended Harvard University and studied computer science before moving the company to Palo Alto, California.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | CTO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Denis Bouchard Photographie | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Rock Out Karaoke | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Minnelightroom | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| John Negretti | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Threeohsix.Org | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| DO Linux Now | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Women and Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Insureco Marketing LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Starbucks Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Extend Benefits Group LLC | Director | Current |
| Leadership Public Schools | Board Treasurer | Current |
| Expanded Small Group Health Insurance | Director | Current |
| eHealth, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Starbuck Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cooney Enterprises, Inc | Director | Current |
| Google Inc. | Vice President, Global Online Sales & Operations | Former |
| The World Bank | economist | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Management Consultant | Former |
| Harvard Business School | Baker and Ford Scholar | Former |
| Harvard University | Master's Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Harvard University | B.A. In Economics | Former |
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| Colyerdev | Vice President | Current |
| Europarpm.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Birmingham Food Not Bombs | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| Ibc/Ican Access | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Unblockmywork.Info | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Botproxy | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Denis Bouchard Photographie | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| John Negretti | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| Dephyr.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Anyfool.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Proxy Lucky CRM Proxy | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| T1PROXY.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Djkristoff.Com | Vice President | Current |
| Proxy-Site.Biz | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Rcx1.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Hidemytail.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Katuaba.Com | Vice President | Current |
| Sinotech Technology Ltd. | Vice President | Current |
| Bcucu | Vice President | Current |
| Threeohsix.Org | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| Minnelightroom | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| Inetfreely.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Throughproxy.Com | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Evadefilter | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| The Youth Congress | Vice President | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Recon Proxy - Unblock | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Urban-Warfare.Net | Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International | Current |
| Rock Out Karaoke | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| DO Linux Now | Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Product Marketing and Operations | Former |
| Mayfield | Principal | Former |
| University of Waterloo | B.S. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Co-founder & Vice President Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Thelinkdenton | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Urban-Warfare.Net | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Europarpm.Com | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Sinotech Technology Ltd. | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Djkristoff.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Birmingham Food Not Bombs | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Proxy-Site.Biz | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Hidemytail.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| DO Linux Now | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Colyerdev | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Inetfreely.Com | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Dephyr.Com | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Throughproxy.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Anyfool.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| John Negretti | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Rcx1.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Rock Out Karaoke | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Minnelightroom | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| The Youth Congress | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Unblockmywork.Info | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Evadefilter | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| T1PROXY.Com | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Katuaba.Com | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Proxy Lucky CRM Proxy | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Recon Proxy - Unblock | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Bcucu | Vice President of Communications, Public Policy and Platform Marketing | Current |
| Ibc/Ican Access | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Botproxy | Vice President of Communications and Public Policy | Current |
| Denis Bouchard Photographie | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Threeohsix.Org | Vice President of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy | Current |
| Google Inc. | Vice President, Global Communications & Public Affairs | Former |
| Clark & Weinstock | Managing Director | Former |
| Columbia Business School | Adjunct Professor | Former |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | Former |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government | J.D. | Former |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government | Master In Public Policy | Former |
| Harvard College | B.A. | Former |
| Harvard University | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government | Bachelor's | Former |
| Harvard Law School | Bachelor's | Former |
| Harvard College | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Technical Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Product Management | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Strategy and Business Operations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Facebook Inc. | Vice President & General Counsel | Current |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Partner | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Director of Business Development | Current |
| Google Inc. | Director of Social Media | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Greylock Partners | Partner | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Seven Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Softcoin, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pandora Media, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vudu Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Oodle, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Excite | Senior Vice President of Product Strategy | Former |
| Excite@Home | Senior Vice President of Product Strategy | Former |
| Excite | GM | Former |
| Marakon Associates, Inc. | Management Consultant | Former |
| The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. | Management Consulting | Former |
| Crystal Dynamics | Former | |
| New Edge Networks, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Softcoin, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Claria Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | MBA | Former |
| Yale University | B.A | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Accel Partners | Managing Partner | Current |
| Pacific Community Ventures | Board Advisor | Current |
| Brightcove Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Rhapsody Unlimited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Prosper Marketplace, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Accel Partners | Director | Current |
| Maven Networks, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Model N, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Dell Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Prosper Marketplace, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | Director | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BrassRing LLC | Board Member | Current |
| Accel-KKR, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Marvel Entertainment, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BBN Technologies | Board Member | Current |
| PCV Investment Partners | Advisory Board | Current |
| RealNetworks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | President | Former |
| Apple Inc. | Marketing | Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Marketing | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | management consultant | Former |
| Netscape Communications Corporation | Former | |
| Harvard Business School | Board Member | Former |
| Harvard University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Harvard University | B.S. Degree | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. | Former |
Marc Andreessen is Chairman and co-founder of Opsware Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software. Marc is widely recognized for his role in launching the Internet revolution in 1993, with his creation of the Mosaic browser while at the University of Illinois. After graduation, Marc co-founded Netscape Communications, and played a critical role in the company's hypergrowth. Andreessen later became CTO of AOL when the company purchased Netscape in 1999. As one of the technology icons of our time, Marc has received numerous accolades, was named one of the "Top 50 people under the age of 40" by Time Magazine in 1994, and graced the magazine's cover in 1996. With Mosaic and the Netscape browser, Marc's ideas created a platform that enabled individuals to access the Internet. Similarly, today Opsware is enabling businesses to take advantage of the massive business opportunities created by the web and new web-based architectures.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| OpsWare Inc. | Chairman and Co-Founder | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| eBay Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Room to Read | Board of Directors | Current |
| Netscape Communications Corporation | Chief Technology Officer | Former |
| Netscape Communications Corporation | Co-Founder | Former |
| OpsWare Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Illinois | Bachelor of Science Degree In Computer Science | Former |
Paul Madera was a founder of Meritech in 1999 and currently focuses on the storage, semiconductor and digital consumer sectors. He has been directly involved with Riverbed Technology, Corvis Corporation, 2Wire, PeopleSupport, Salesforce.com, and IntraLase, Inc. Prior to Meritech, Paul was Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Group at Montgomery Securities/Banc of America. He began his career in finance as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he served in the United States Air Force as an F-16 Instructor Pilot and a member of the Air Force Liaison Office and representative to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Paul holds a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Meritech Capital Partners | Managing Director | Current |
| Bluearc Corp | Founder of Meritech | Current |
| IntraLase Corp. | Team Member | Current |
| Corvis Corporation | Team Member | Current |
| Force10 Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bluearc Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Homestead Technologies, Inc. | Investor and Board Adviser | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Forescout Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| OPENLANE, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Autotradecenter, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Montgomery Securities | Managing Director | Former |
| Meritech Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Meritech Capital Partners | Founder | Former |
| Meritech Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Morgan Stanley | Investment banker | Former |
| Montgomery Securities | Head | Former |
| United States Air Force | Instructor Pilot | Former |
| Tensilica Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| Force10 Networks, Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| Azul Systems | Board Observer | Former |
| Danger, Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| 2Wire, Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| Facebook Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | M.B.A. | Former |
| United States Air Force Academy | B.S. | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | B.S. | Former |
Peter Thiel was co-founder of PayPal, which he later sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Two years later, he became Facebook’s first outside investor, investing $500,000. It is estimated that his net worth is now about $1.2 billion. At the age of 40, Peter Thiel, is one of the wealthiest people in the United States. This self-made billionaire was also a child chess prodigy. He ranked seventh in the United States at age 12. He spent time at Credit Suisse before founding Thiel Capital Management in 1996. Renamed Clarium Capital Management 2002; firm now manages more than $5 billion in assets. Cofounded PayPal in 1998, sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Launched venture capital Founders Fund in 2005 with $50 million. He sits on board of Palantir, a computer analysis firm for goverment agencies. Peter enjoys running, hiking, surfing.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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