Facebook in Facts and Figures

Compiled by website-monitoring.com facebook Mission: Facts & Figures Giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Timeline Company figures 2004 Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm room. More than 400 million February, 2004 Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale. active users March, 2004 Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, California. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day June, 2004 Groups application is added; the Wal is added as a Profle feature. September, 2004 More than Fecebook reaches nearly 1 million active users. 35 million December, 2004 Facebook raises $12.7 milion in venture capital from Acel Partners; Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks. 2005 users update their status each day May, 2005