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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
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DST Says Facebook Can Afford To Hold Off On An IPO
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- 2009-12-18
Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has been busily adding to its Facebook holdings, but says it won’t use its leverage to push the company toward an IPO. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, DST CEO Yuri Milner said, “Any IPO should be business driven and not liquidity driven...
DST Reportedly More Than Doubles Stake In Facebook
PaidContent
- 2009-12-17
Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies, which bought 1.9 percent of Facebook for $200 million earlier this year, has now boosted its stake in the company to more than five percent by buying up employee-owned shares, according to a report in Russia’s Kommersant newspaper. At the time of its...
Zynga Raises An Ungodly $180 Million, Gets The Buy-In From Facebook-Backer DST
PaidContent
- 2009-12-16
It’s not the IPO that everyone’s been hinting about, but social gamer Zynga has picked up a massive cash injection—$180 million in funding—in a round led by Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies DST. Yes, the same investment group that pumped $200 million into Facebook. Yes, the group that...
Facebook Bigwigs Want To Be Newspaper Barons [UPDATE]
BNET
- 2009-11-27
Facebook taking a page from newspaper barons with dual-class stock, and the results won't be pretty. by Erik Sherman
Why Facebook and Twitter Should Delay Their IPOs
BNET
- 2009-11-25
Every time a Facebook or Twitter CEO burps, the question of an IPO seems to emerge. Some long for the days when "concept IPOs" raised $100 million and investors got rich and poor in the same tax year. Not me. There are lots of reasons why these companies should avoid...
Facebook Changes Stock Structure; Is An IPO Next?
PaidContent
- 2009-11-24
Facebook has said it is in no rush to file for an IPO but the company continues to take small steps towards one. The latest: It is creating a new class of stock with additional voting power, the WSJ reports. The new shares will be given to all existing...
Privately Held Facebook Sets Up Dual-class Stock
Reuters
- 2009-11-24
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday."We did introduce a dual class stock structure because existing shareholders wanted to maintain control over voting on certain issues,...
State Of Facebook
PaidContent
- 2009-08-24
And for his next trick, Mark Zuckerberg will boost the size of Facebook’s 1,000-person staff by as much as 50 percent this year while trying to stay in start-up mode and reach positive cash flow next year.During an interview with Bloomberg News, at least the published part, Zuckerberg almost...
Get Ready for Facebook Brain Drain
BNET
- 2009-08-21
Last month, Russian company Digital Sky Technologies announced that it was buying up to $100 million in Facebook stock from people with vested shares. That roughly translates into the employees who went to work for the company early on and helped make it what it became. And this is probably...
Facebook's FriendFeed Fancy -- Maybe Not Completely Dumb
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Yesterday, Facebook went shopping and picked up some FriendFeed. Many, including my colleague Michael Hickins, are shaking their heads in disbelief over how unwise an acquisition this likely was. And I can't completely disagree, as there's a lot of evidence for this strategic view. But the result may not be...
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | CTO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Co-founder & Vice President Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Facebookâs 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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