{"id":11613,"date":"2022-07-14T06:30:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=11613"},"modified":"2022-07-14T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:30:30","slug":"when-did-facebook-go-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public","title":{"rendered":"When Did Facebook Go Public?"},"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-6a4ce0da3e1ec\" 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-6a4ce0da3e1ec\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4ce0da3e1ec\" ><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-did-facebook-go-public\/#When_Did_Facebook_Go_Public\" title=\"When Did Facebook Go Public?\">When Did Facebook Go Public?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#Mark_Zuckerbergs_website_launched_on_the_4th_of_February_2004\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s website launched on the 4th of February 2004\">Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s website launched on the 4th of February 2004<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#ZuckNet_was_a_chat_service_created_by_Zuckerberg\" title=\"ZuckNet was a chat service created by Zuckerberg\">ZuckNet was a chat service created by Zuckerberg<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#ZuckNet_was_bought_by_Accel_Partners\" title=\"ZuckNet was bought by Accel Partners\">ZuckNet was bought by Accel Partners<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#Facebooks_IPO_price_was_raised_just_before_going_public\" title=\"Facebook&#8217;s IPO price was raised just before going public\">Facebook&#8217;s IPO price was raised just before going public<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#Facebooks_growth_since_going_public\" title=\"Facebook&#8217;s growth since going public\">Facebook&#8217;s growth since going public<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/when-did-facebook-go-public\/#Cost_of_becoming_a_public_company\" title=\"Cost of becoming a public company\">Cost of becoming a public company<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Did_Facebook_Go_Public\"><\/span>When Did Facebook Go Public?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"when did facebook go public\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OQvGDgU.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>When did Facebook go public? It was the first question on everyone&#8217;s mind as it is now a publicly traded company. Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s website first launched on the 4th of February 2004, but the company wasn&#8217;t a public company until just a few years later, when it was bought by Accel Partners. Then, the company was valued at $15 billion. And just before Facebook went public, its IPO price was doubled!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mark_Zuckerbergs_website_launched_on_the_4th_of_February_2004\"><\/span>Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s website launched on the 4th of February 2004<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg launched the Facebook website on the fourth of February 2004. He named it after university student directories, which he intended to create in order to allow students to communicate with each other. In an effort to prevent this from happening, Harvard seniors accused him of stealing their ideas and filed a lawsuit, which was settled out of court. During this time, the Facebook site has gone on to become a worldwide sensation.<\/p>\n<p>The social networking website first opened its doors to Harvard students on February 4, 2004. In less than a year, it had already gained one million users. It has since grown exponentially to over 2 billion users and a presence in dozens of countries. Despite this, the website&#8217;s parentage was a source of debate for many years. Zuckerberg later settled with the Winklevoss twins and has built the site into one of the world&#8217;s most valuable companies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ZuckNet_was_a_chat_service_created_by_Zuckerberg\"><\/span>ZuckNet was a chat service created by Zuckerberg<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg is an American computer scientist who founded Facebook with four other Harvard computer science students. The first members of Facebook were Harvard students, but the service expanded to students from other Boston area colleges and Ivy League universities, as well as Stanford University. Facebook eventually became a public company and opened membership to any person who was 13 years old or older. However, the company has not been profitable since its public launch, and Zuckerberg has said that the company&#8217;s current success is the result of his relentless work ethic and determination.<\/p>\n<p>ZuckNet is one of the many services Zuckerberg has created. He used the service to connect with his Harvard classmates and other students. Before Facebook went public, Zuckerberg had used ZuckNet as a chat service. It enabled users to talk with other Harvard students and he expanded its scope to 21 universities in the United Kingdom. He also expanded to the whole ITESM network in Mexico and the University of Puerto Rico. The Facebook chat service is now open to employees of several companies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ZuckNet_was_bought_by_Accel_Partners\"><\/span>ZuckNet was bought by Accel Partners<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg learned how to code on an Atari computer from his father. The project was a huge success, breaking the one million user mark before the end of 2004. The first venture capital investment for Facebook came from Accel Partners in 2005. The company was still only available to Ivy League students at the time. Then, in 2006, the company opened up to anyone over the age of 13.<\/p>\n<p>After becoming full-time CEO of the company, Zuck sold shares on SecondMarket at a $11.5 billion valuation. In the same year, he expanded the company&#8217;s reach to universities in the United Kingdom, Mexico, the UK, and Ireland. The company now has 2,500 colleges and 25,000 high schools on its network. In addition to the university version, Zuck also launched Facebook Marketplace, allowing users to sell products and services to others. In December of 2005, Zuck also opened up Facebook to employees of several companies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebooks_IPO_price_was_raised_just_before_going_public\"><\/span>Facebook&#8217;s IPO price was raised just before going public<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On Thursday, Facebook&#8217;s IPO was priced at $38 a share. While the company originally planned to raise close to $16 billion in its initial public offering, the company ended up raising nearly $4 billion more than that. The increase in price will flow primarily to the company, but it also benefited its early investors. The IPO price is the highest for a social networking company, and it is likely to set a new record.<\/p>\n<p>As the company prepared for its IPO, its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and other executives stepped out of a black SUV in midtown Manhattan to meet with investors and paparazzi. The company played a video introducing its business model to a throng of onlookers. This news sparked a slew of questions from investors, and some of them were skeptical.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebooks_growth_since_going_public\"><\/span>Facebook&#8217;s growth since going public<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The growth of Facebook has been impressive. In March, the social media network reached 1.9 billion monthly active users, a 39% increase over the previous year. Today, 1.3 billion people use Facebook every day. This growth should continue into the summer, when Facebook will most likely cross two billion users. Despite recent bad news, Facebook&#8217;s growth has been so strong that it has been able to sustain its growth while it competes against other social networks.<\/p>\n<p>The company has a huge competitive advantage, which makes it a compelling choice for advertisers. Advertising on Facebook reaches millions of people from around the world. But Facebook&#8217;s growth is stalling in some regions. The most dramatic decline in daily usage was seen in the rest of the world, which includes Latin America and Africa. Data plan pricing hikes in India last year were also a contributing factor, according to the company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cost_of_becoming_a_public_company\"><\/span>Cost of becoming a public company<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the costs of becoming a public company is increased financial transparency. Facebook, like many other privately held companies, would have had to file detailed quarterly financial reports. Despite the advantages, it would have also meant facing scrutiny and competition that comes with an open book for a powerful company. But Facebook didn&#8217;t go public for the first time for nothing. The company&#8217;s success is due to its ability to overcome obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest problems that Facebook has been facing lately involves its relationship with Apple&#8217;s mobile ecosystem. Apple recently changed its permissions to better shield user data from third parties, which is causing problems for Facebook. Facebook&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer, David Wehner, has warned that the change could cost Facebook $10 billion by 2022. The company&#8217;s stock price dropped by $200 billion in a single session, breaking a previous record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Did Facebook Go Public? When did Facebook go public? It was the first question on everyone&#8217;s mind as it is now a publicly traded company. 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