How Zuckerberg built Facebook [Full story]

Billionaire Digest
Billionaire Digest
Sep 27, 2026

Facebook started as a small project in a dorm room but quickly grew into a real social media giant. How did it happen? Today I will tell you the story of how Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook and then developed it into a multi-billion dollar company that connects almost half of the world's population.

00:00 Intro
00:18 The Life Of Zuckerberg Before Facebook
02:40 How Facebook was started
04:43 Facebook’s early days
07:08 Business expansion and disagreement
09:53 Facebook for everyone
12:43 Going public and acquisitions
14:10 Controversies
14:55 Facebook's current position
15:45 End screen

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