What Is Facebook’s History? Here Is How Mark Zuckerberg Started The Company
History Facebook (www.facebook.com) was launched in February 2004 as a social network by Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard classmates. Within five years it surpassed MySpace as the leading social network website. At first, the site was called “The Facebook” and was created for Harvard students to communicate with each other. It was then expanded to other Ivy League universities. The response was strong, so the site expanded membership to more mainstream schools and colleges. From there Zuckerberg opened up the floodgates to the public and the site’s user base grew exponentially. Zuckerberg’s first attempt at a social network for friends was...
