Facebook historical facts
Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard College roommates
Initially called Facemash, then Thefacebook.
Originally only open to Harvard students. In March 2004, Facebook expanded to the universities of Columbia, Stanford, and Yale. It later gradually opens to most universities in the United States and Canada
On September 26, 2006, Facebook was opened to everyone at least 13 years old with a valid email address
Facebook financial statistics
Net income was $1.51bn for the first three months of 2016
Facebook’s IPO raised $16 billion, making it the third largest in U.S. history
Facebook is now the fifth-most-valuable public company in the world. Its market value is around $321 billion.
Since 2012, it has spent more than $25 billion buying competitors such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus
Facebook has 12,691 employees
Mark Zuckerberg’s salary is only $1 a year
Which isn’t really a problem when your net worth is $48.9 billion
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