CHAPTER 2

Facebook

Founded

February 2004, at Harvard University as thefacebook.com

Founders

Mark Zuckerberg

Dustin Moskovitz

Eduardo Saverin

Andrew McCollum

Chris Hughes

Current Management1

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer

David Ebersman, Chief Financial Officer

Mike Schroepfer, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering

Overview

Public company traded as NASDAQ: FB

Headquartered in Menlo Park, California

Revenue: $7.87 billion (2013)2

Net income: $1.5 billion (2013)3

Market capitalization (December 31, 2013): $134.15 billion4

Website: www.facebook.com

Alexa Global Rank (February 2014): 25

Members (December 31, 2013): 1.23 billion monthly active users6

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