A brief presentation on #MarkZuckerberg & #Facebook

2. MARK ZUCKERBERG
 Born on May 14th,1984
 Co-Founder & CEO of Facebook.
 Became a billionaire at age 23
 Times Person of the year: 2010
 Net Worth: USD 19Bn
 Part of the „Giving Pledge Campaign‟.

3. THE CHILD PRODIGY:
 Showed interest in Computers from an early age.
 At age 12, Created ‘ZuckNet’.
 While in high School, created ‘Synapse’.

4. HARVARD YEARS:
 Joins Harvard in 2002.
 CourseMatch
 FaceMash
 February,2004.

5. THE FACEBOOK
• Initially started off as „thefacebook.com‟ out
of their Harvard dorm room.
• Membership was initially limited to Harvard
students
• Later, expanded to other colleges &
universities.
•
September 2006 – accessible to everyone of
age 13 and older with a valid email address.

6. FINANCIALS
First Angel Investment
• Peter Thiel – USD 500,000
(10.2% stake) 3% - present.
• Reid Hoffman - LinkedIn
• Mark Pincus - Zynga
• Maurice Werdegar(Western
Technology Investment).
Series B funding
• Accel Partners – USD 12.7
Mn.
• Present Stake : 10%
• Facebook Value (Year 2005)
– USD 98 Mn
Series C & D Funding
• Greylock Partners – 1.5%
• Meritech Capital – 1.5%
• Microsoft – 1.6% stake in
2007.
• Facebook Value – USD
15Bn

7. FACEBOOK GOES PUBLIC
• Facebook Value: USD104 Bn.
• IPO raised USD 16 Bn = Third Largest in US History.

8. REVENUE MODEL

9. INNOVATIONS & ACQUISITIONS

10. PROBLEMS FOR FACEBOOK
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ConnectU lawsuits
•
Saverin lawsuit
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Privacy concerns
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Facebook hate groups
•
Technical upgrades.
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Fake Accounts

11. FACEBOOK‟S STRATEGIES
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2007 – Revenue through Games
2008 – Facebook Connect
2010 – “Like” Minds
2012 – Going Mobile

12. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
• Focused
• Listener
• Believes in his product
• Transparent about company‟s
direction.