In 2006 Yahoo offered Mark Zuckerberg one billion dollars for Facebook, his board wanted him to take it, and he said no at the age of twenty two. This episode follows the whole road: the Harvard dorm room, Facemash and the disciplinary board, the Winklevoss lawsuit, the house in Palo Alto, the board control Sean Parker arranged, the News Feed revolt, the listing that lost half its value in four months, Instagram and WhatsApp, Cambridge Analytica and two days before Congress, the metaverse bet that cost tens of billions, and the artificial intelligence bet that followed.
It also covers the ninety nine percent pledge, the year of efficiency, and the company as it stands today with more than three billion daily users. Founder Stories tells the story of one founder per episode, told plainly and in order.
