Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and CEO of Facebook. He showed an early interest in computers and created programs like 'ZuckNet' in high school. He attended Harvard where he created Facebook in 2004 from his dorm room, initially limiting membership to Harvard students. Facebook later expanded and went public in 2012, making Zuckerberg a billionaire at age 23. Under his leadership, Facebook has grown tremendously through innovations, acquisitions, and a focus on mobile users.

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
•
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.