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Harvard Dropout Is A Billionaire
Mark Zuckerberg & Dustin Moskovitz founded the student social network website, facebook.com, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Abe Thiel Gives Him Money
Facebook received approximately
$500,000 from PayPal
co-founder Peter A Thiel
in an angel round.
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In Comes
The Venture Capitalists
Facebook raised $12.8
million in venture capital from Accel
Partners.
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High School
Then, on September 2, 2005, Zuckerberg
launched the high school iteration of
Facebook,
calling it the next logical thing to do.
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Facebook Is Open To Adults
On September 2, 2006, Zuckerberg
opened it up to anyone with an email.
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Meet Lizzie Vanderhurst
Liz (nee Jakob Klein) likes to comb 'Facebook' and chat with other
co-eds, you know it's 'Girlie talk'. She is always interested in
crying on another girl's shoulder, especially about boy trouble and
sex.
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Facebook Will Go Public
A conservative estimate is 'Facebook' will be worth $15 billion.
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Retirees Flood The Market
They give their money to Goldman Sachs, who gives it to Abe
Zuckerberg and his venture capital partners.
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