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Facebook

Facebook was founded in 2004 in Menlo Park, USA by Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and 4 others. It is a Media & Entertainment company.

Social networking service, flagship product of Meta Platforms.

Public Founded 2004 Menlo Park USA Media & Entertainment
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Facebook founders & co-founders

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Andrew McCollum
Co-founder
 C
Chris Hughes
Co-founder
 D
Dustin Moskovitz
Co-founder
 E
Eduardo Saverin
Co-founder
 G
Guillaume Bigourdan
Co-founder
 J
James Jemut Masing
Co-founder
 M
Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder & CEO
 R
Rinaldo Klas
Co-founder

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E 2 founded
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E 2 founded
Pinterest 2010 West Co.
G 1 founded
Harvey 2022

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Acquisitions

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FriendFeed
Media & Entertainment · USA
AcquiredFounded 2007
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Instagram
Media & Entertainment · USA
AcquiredFounded 2010
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Nextstop
Travel & Hospitality · USA
AcquiredFounded 2008
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Oculus
Hardware & Electronics · USA
AcquiredFounded 2012
O
Oculus VR
Hardware & Electronics · USA
AcquiredFounded 2012
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Threads (Threads.com)
Enterprise Software · USA
AcquiredFounded 2019
W
WhatsApp
Software & IT · USA
AcquiredFounded 2009

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