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Our Mission

Give people the

power to build
community and bring
the world closer
together.
Our products empower more than 3
billion people around the world to
share ideas, offer support and make
a difference.
$3 billion+ raised
By our community to support the causes they care about
180 million+ businesses
Use our apps to connect with customers and grow
100 billion+ messages shared every day
Help people stay close even when they are far apart
1 billion+ stories shared every day
Help people express themselves and connect

Our Culture

At Facebook, we are constantly iterating, solving problems and

working together to connect people all over the world. That’s why
it’s important that our workforce reflects the diversity of the people
we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and points of
view helps us make better decisions, build better products and
create better experiences for everyone.
Careers at Facebook
Diversity and Inclusion at Facebook
 "There are diverse people from all over the world
working here, but we have one thing in common: we
are and always have been builders."
Alberto B., Software Engineer
"At orientation, they tell you, ‘This is your company
now.’ Those words are quite literally painted on the
walls. It’s a pretty amazing thing—from day one,
your voice matters."
Grace S., Creative Strategist
"Everyone cares about the work they’re doing. We
all want to help our community have the safest and
most positive experiences possible."
Steven C., Engineering Manager
 "Nothing at Facebook is somebody else’s problem.
If you roll up your sleeves, sometimes you’re able to
make impact where you may not have thought you
could."
Payton I., Public Policy Manager

Our Principles

Our principles are what we stand for. They are beliefs we hold
deeply and make tradeoffs to pursue.
Our Leadership
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer
David Wehner
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Schroepfer
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Cox
Chief Product Officer
David Fischer
Chief Revenue Officer
Jennifer Newstead
General Counsel
See more about our leadership team

Our Offices
Our History

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Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo
Saverin launch Facebook.

February 4, 2004

Facebook moves to Palo Alto, California.

June 1, 2004
Launch of the Facebook Wall, giving people a place to post messages to their friends.

September 1, 2004

1 million people are now active on Facebook.

December 1, 2004

thefacebook.com officially drops the “the” and becomes Facebook.

September 20, 2005

Launch of Facebook Photos.

October 1, 2005

Facebook for Mobile launches.

April 1, 2006

Facebook introduces the first version of the Facebook API.

August 1, 2006
Launch of News Feed.

September 5, 2006

Facebook expands registration so anyone can join.

September 26, 2006

Facebook Platform launches.

May 24, 2007

Facebook Video launches.

June 22, 2007

Facebook launches self-service Ads Platform and Pages.

November 6, 2007

Facebook Chat launches.

April 6, 2008
Facebook Connect is announced.

May 9, 2008

Facebook for iPhone launches.

July 10, 2008

New Facebook launches.

July 21, 2008

Introduction of the Like button.

February 9, 2009

New Facebook home page launches.

March 11, 2009

500 million people are now active on Facebook.

July 21, 2010

Launch of Facebook Places.

August 18, 2010

New Groups are introduced.

October 6, 2010

Launch of the new profile.

December 5, 2010

Facebook opens first, custom-built data center in Prineville, Oregon.

April 15, 2011

Messenger is introduced.

August 9, 2011

Timeline is introduced at f8.

September 22, 2011

Facebook announces acquisition of Instagram.

April 9, 2012
Facebook holds its initial public offering.

May 18, 2012

More than one billion people are active on Facebook.

October 4, 2012

More than 100 million people use Instagram every month.

February 26, 2013

Video on Instagram launches.

June 20, 2013

Facebook announces Internet.org.

August 20, 2013

Instagram Direct launches.

December 12, 2013

Donate launches

December 15, 2013

Facebook announces acquisition of WhatsApp.

February 19, 2014

Connectivity Lab at Facebook is announced.

March 17, 2014

Facebook announces acquisition of Oculus.

March 25, 2014

Safety Check is introduced.

October 15, 2014

Messenger Platform launches at F8.

March 25, 2015

Video Calling in Messenger launches.

April 27, 2015

Oculus Rift is introduced.

June 11, 2015

Instagram’s new Search and Explore launch.

June 23, 2015

One billion people use Facebook in a single day.

August 24, 2015

Facebook Live is introduced.

December 3, 2015

Facebook launches Reactions globally.

February 24, 2016

WhatsApp announces end-to-end encryption.

April 5, 2016

WhatsApp’s desktop app is introduced.

May 10, 2016

Introducing a new look for Instagram’s icon and app design.

May 11, 2016

More than 1 billion people use Messenger every month.

July 20, 2016

Instagram Stories launches.

August 2, 2016

Facebook Marketplace is introduced.

October 3, 2016
Workplace by Facebook is introduced.

October 10, 2016

WhatsApp introduces video calling.

November 14, 2016

WhatsApp Status launches.

February 20, 2017

Instagram Shopping is introduced.

March 21, 2017

New company mission is introduced at first Facebook Communities Summit.

June 22, 2017

2 billion people use Facebook every month.

June 27, 2017

1 billion people use WhatsApp every day.

July 26, 2017

Facebook Watch is introduced.

August 9, 2017

Facebook Community Boost program launches.

November 9, 2017
Messenger Kids is introduced.

December 4, 2017

WhatsApp Business App launches.

January 18, 2018

1 billion people use Instagram every month.

June 20, 2018

Instagram introduces Video Chat, a new Explore and new camera effects for Stories

June 26, 2018

New tools to manage your time on Facebook and Instagram are introduced.

August 1, 2018

Oculus Quest is introduced at OC5.

September 26, 2018

Portal and Portal+ are introduced.

October 8, 2018

Messenger 4 launches.

October 23, 2018

Mark shares his vision for a privacy-focused social platform.

March 6, 2019
Checkout is introduced on Instagram.

March 19, 2019

Oculus Rift S, a new PC VR headset, is introduced.

March 20, 2019

Novi is announced.*

June 18, 2019

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