Company Info
Our Mission
Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use our products to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.
Our History
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February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook.
March 1, 2004
Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale.
June 1, 2004
Facebook moves to Palo Alto, California.
September 1, 2004
Launch of the Facebook Wall, giving people a place to post messages to their friends.
December 1, 2004
1 million people are now active on Facebook.
May 1, 2005
Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks.
September 1, 2005
Facebook expands to add high school networks.
September 20, 2005
thefacebook.com officially drops the “the” and becomes Facebook.
October 1, 2005
Launch of Facebook Photos.
October 1, 2005
Facebook begins to add international school networks.
December 1, 2005
Facebook reaches 6 million users.
April 1, 2006
Facebook for Mobile launches.
August 1, 2006
Facebook introduces the first version of the Facebook API.
December 1, 2006
12 million people are now active on Facebook.
December 1, 2007
58 million people are active on Facebook.
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May 29, 2009
Facebook moves to new offices at 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
December 1, 2009
360 million people are now active on Facebook.
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January 21, 2010
Groundbreaking ceremony for first custom-built data center in Prineville, Oregon.
