Facebook's revenue grew from $777 million in 2009 to $3.7 billion last year. In the first quarter of 2012 it was more than $1 billion.
Facebook, of course, got its start in Zuckerberg's messy Harvard dorm room in early 2004. Known as Thefacebook.com back in those days, the site was created to help Harvard students - and later other college students - connect with one another online.
The scrappy website later grew to include high-schoolers, then anyone else with an Internet connection.
Today, more than 900 million people log in at least once a month, making Facebook the world's definitive social network.
All along, Zuckerberg has shown a maturity beyond his years. As the site grew rapidly and caught the eye of big media and rival Internet companies, Zuckerberg consistently rebuffed mouth-watering buyout offers, including from Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
In his words, “we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services,”
Zuckerberg, who lives in Palo Alto, Calif. with his girlfriend and a white Hungarian Puli dog named Beast, has matured as a leader with the help of experienced mentors. One of his closest advisers is Sheryl Sandberg, whom he hired away from Google in 2008.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you Mark.
ReplyDeleteThe boy is such a wonder......when his mates were busy leaving scrappy lives, he has turned the world on his axis.....Wish Nigerians can learn from this and stop the greedy lifestyle and political arguments that take away their time, meant for real productivity...
ReplyDeleteCongrat! you a genius. Keep up with your good work.
ReplyDeleteThank you mr. Anonymous who said The boy is such a wonder......when his mates were busy leaving scrappy lives, he has turned the world on his axis.....Wish Nigerians can learn from this and stop the greedy lifestyle and political arguments that take away their time, add to this, they even use their man hour to do another thing instead of being productive for the country, i agree with you.
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ReplyDelete...i really look forward to making such an impact to our generation soon! keep the flag flying mark, we coming.
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