{"id":10558,"date":"2022-07-14T05:40:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=10558"},"modified":"2022-07-14T05:40:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:11","slug":"when-was-facebook-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created","title":{"rendered":"When Was Facebook Created?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef43e1dbf13\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef43e1dbf13\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ef43e1dbf13\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#When_Was_Facebook_Created\" title=\"When Was Facebook Created?\">When Was Facebook Created?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Mark_Zuckerberg\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Eduardo_Saverin\" title=\"Eduardo Saverin\">Eduardo Saverin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Dustin_Moskovitz\" title=\"Dustin Moskovitz\">Dustin Moskovitz<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Chris_Hughes\" title=\"Chris Hughes\">Chris Hughes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Origins_of_Facebook\" title=\"Origins of Facebook\">Origins of Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Growth_of_Facebook\" title=\"Growth of Facebook\">Growth of Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-was-facebook-created\/#Expansion_of_Facebook\" title=\"Expansion of Facebook\">Expansion of Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Was_Facebook_Created\"><\/span>When Was Facebook Created?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/352bQ1W.png\" alt=\"when was facebook created\"> <\/p>\n<p>You may be wondering, when was Facebook created? What are the reasons behind the company&#8217;s creation? Here, you&#8217;ll learn the details of the company&#8217;s founders and their contributions to its success. Here, you&#8217;ll also discover the history of the company&#8217;s founders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin. You may even be surprised at who got involved! To find out more, keep reading!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mark_Zuckerberg\"><\/span>Mark Zuckerberg<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When was Facebook created by Mark Zuckerberg? The first public version of Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, and was dubbed &#8220;TheFacebook.&#8221; The name was a nod to university student directories that were used to help students get to know one another. Zuckerberg was sued by some Harvard seniors for stealing their ideas for the website, but the lawsuit was later settled out of court. The company now controls the majority of consumer interaction and content consumption.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eduardo_Saverin\"><\/span>Eduardo Saverin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Eduardo Saverin was one of the original co-founders of Facebook. He invested $15,000 in the company and was later involved in a legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. The two co-founders are now the richest people in the world and Saverin is the only co-founder without a say in the company&#8217;s decisions or connection to its operations. This is why Saverin has been called the &#8220;facebook billionaire&#8221; by many.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dustin_Moskovitz\"><\/span>Dustin Moskovitz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The founder of Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz, was born in Florida. His parents were both artists and teachers. He graduated from high school with an IB Diploma, and went on to study at Harvard University, majoring in economics. However, two years after starting his studies, he paused his studies and moved to Palo Alto to work full-time on his startup. In just three years, he founded two massive companies: Facebook and Asana.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chris_Hughes\"><\/span>Chris Hughes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When was Facebook created? Chris Hughes was a co-founder of Facebook and its spokesperson, and helped create much of the Facebook interface. He helped create the site&#8217;s design and is responsible for some of its most famous features. Although Facebook is owned by the Zuckerberg family, Chris Hughes has expressed disdain for its growth and has argued that the company&#8217;s power to control media and sell user information should be more tightly controlled by the government.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Origins_of_Facebook\"><\/span>Origins of Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The origins of Facebook are murky, but the man behind the social network has an impressive resume. He studied psychology at Harvard and came up with the idea of FaceMash, a website that allowed college students to rate the attractiveness of others. Facebook grew from there, and Zuckerberg has become one of the world&#8217;s most successful entrepreneurs. It has become an international phenomenon and has more than one billion users, but its origins remain murky.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Growth_of_Facebook\"><\/span>Growth of Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Since its launch in April 2004, Facebook has grown rapidly. It reached 70,000 users within a few months. By the end of December 2005, it had more than six million members. During its early days, it focused on connecting students, parents, and educators. Today, it has become a global social networking site with over one billion users. Here are some of the key milestones that the site has crossed since its launch:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Expansion_of_Facebook\"><\/span>Expansion of Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When was Facebook created? &#8211; This question is commonly asked by many users of social networking sites. The answer depends on the company&#8217;s intentions, of course. The company is now called Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) and is based in Menlo Park, California. In fact, Facebook was created before Twitter! The company is the parent company of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. The company&#8217;s history stretches back to 2004, but the current owners are different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Was Facebook Created? You may be wondering, when was Facebook created? What are the reasons behind the company&#8217;s creation? Here, you&#8217;ll learn the details of the company&#8217;s founders and their contributions to its success. Here, you&#8217;ll also discover the history of the company&#8217;s founders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin. 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