FEBRUARY 4

On this date in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard classmates founded what was to become Face Book, Inc.  In 2003, as a sophomore, he wrote a program he called "facemash" on which two student's pictures were placed side by side and viewers were able to vote on the"hottest."  At the same time, Harvard had something it called it's "face book;" a paper picture catalogue of every student with bio.

Zuckerberg decided to write a program to put that "face book" info on line.  He and one other student threw in $1,000 each to start the website:  www.thefacebook.com.  It was a huge hit.  He later extended it to cover other Ivy League schools.  It was a huge hit.  In September of 2006, Face Book  (www.facebook.com) was opened to everyone over 13 years of age with a valid e-mail address.

The rest of the story is amazing and full of huge numbers.  Today there are over 2 billion active users worldwide.  Their $40 billion revenues produces over $20 billion dollars in income and $15 billion in net income.  Face Book, Inc. also owns Instagram and Whatsapp.