Professional Documents
Culture Documents
investment in Facebook
Presented by:-
Yashupriya
Facebook
• Facebook is a social network service and website launched in
February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by
Facebook, Inc.
• Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college
roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo
Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
• The fast-growing Facebook website has more than 500 million
active users per month worldwide as subscribers "friend" their
contacts and share their activities. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg ,
26, recently named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," has
resisted pressure to launch an initial public offering of stocks
Facebook Inc.
Type Private
Founded Cambridge, Massachusetts
Area served Worldwide
Key people Mark Zuckerberg (CEO)
Chris Cox (VP of Product)
Sheryl Sandberg (COO)
Revenue US$800 million (2009)
Employees 1700+ (2010)
Website facebook.com
Type of site Social network service
Banner ads, referral
Advertising marketing, Casual games
500 million (active in July 2010)
Users
Available in Multilingual
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
• The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global investment
banking and securities firm which engages in investment
banking, securities, investment management, and
other financial services primarily with institutional clients.