Thursday, March 04, 2010

By the numbers | Sizing up a top advertising rival

[His nickname: "Zuck"]

From today's Wall Street Journal story about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's slow-mo plans to sell shares to the public. The twenty-something owns more than 25% of the giant social media company he started in a Harvard dorm room, the WSJ says. Other numbers:

2
in billions of dollars, possible 2010 revenue

3
board seats Zuckerberg controls

5
number of board members

10
in billions of dollars, Facebook's recent valuation

25
Zuckerberg's age

400
in millions, number of users

1,200
number of employees

2004
year Facebook founded

How many times a week do you visit Facebook? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the rail, upper right.

3 comments:

  1. Can you trust anyone that has a face full of pimples?

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  2. I personally visit Facebook several times a day -- it's the new "cigarette break." Facebook is the most effective social media vehicle for businesses purposes and is expected to grow even more important for PR and digital marketing.

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  3. Facebook is open on my computer as often as my e-mail.

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