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Graduated Phillips Exeter Academy
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Started at Harvard Univirsity
Mark attended Harvard University for two years before dropping out due to the success of the buisness. -
Launched TheFacebook
Facebook was orginally called "TheFacebook" It was only availible to people with a Harvard email adress. -
Facebook gets first investor
Peter Thiel was the first investor in Facebook. He co fouded pay pal a few years prior. -
Mark Drops Out of Harvard
Mark Left Harvard to persue Facebook compleatly and give it all of his attention. -
Offer facebook to other Ivy leage Universites
Mark and his partners realised facebook could spread further and they began adding other IVY league schools to the website. -
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Vanity Fair #1 of 100 most influential people of the information age
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Facebook reaches 500 million users
Huge milestone for the company. There is much celibration. -
The Social Netwrok is released
TrailorThe Social Network is a movie about Mark and Facebook It was very succesful and told alot about the story. -
Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook Buys instagram and continues to run it as a seperate company. Its is currently worth $35 Billion. -
1.5 Billion Users
At the end of 2015 facebook had 1,550,000,000 users which makes it by far the largest social media site in existance. Facebook is currently projevcted to be worth $245 Billion.
