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Ten years later, what are the founders of Facebook today? - InfoBAE.com

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February 4 powerful social network Facebook, the company that Mark Zuckerberg conceived and co-founded in a dorm Harvard University meets 10 years in the net with over 1,000 million users worldwide.

29, Zuckerberg firmly controls the social network with about 29% equity and 56% of the right to vote. His net worth is over $ 24 billion , placing at number 26 among the world’s richest, according to Bloomberg. Featured in the technology sector, Zuckerberg is also involved with politics through an organization called FWD.us, who plays for refurbishment immigration systems and education.

Philanthropist, has done with his wife Priscilla Chan billions of donations for various causes. Despite his immense wealth, the entrepreneur remains true to his gray shirts with hoods.

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Unlike Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes remained at Harvard until obtaining their diploma. At age 30, gained notoriety when he headed the department of social networks in the presidential campaign of Barack Obama 2008.

In 2012 bought The New Republic “to help build a future for journalism in the digital age depth,” the website of this publication, which is editor and editor . Hughes also has a risk investment fund and a social network specializing in charitable activities.

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film The Social Network dririgida by David Fincher shows Eduardo Saverin as a friend of Zuckerberg that he had put the initial funds for social network, before being set apart in 2005.

Today, at 31, renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Singapore before the entry of Facebook on the stock exchange, which probably saved his hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

Saverin said last year he wanted to stay in Asia with the hope of becoming an influential investor in technology. Forbes estimated his fortune at 2,650 million dollars in August.

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age of 29, Dustin Moskovitz , like Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard before getting his title. He left Facebook in 2008 to start their own business, the mobile phone application Asana that is designed to facilitate teamwork without email. Is estimated to have a fortune of U.S. $ 5,200 million.

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Although not officially listed as the founders, twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss Zuckerberg accused of having stolen the idea of ??the social network. Mutual agreement in 2008 gave them and another class mate Divya Narendra $ 20 million in cash and more 45 million in company stock.

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participated in Olympic Games Beijing 2008 in rowing category. They also founded their own fund risk . Last year they published a draft income Bag Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust Company intended to allow investors access to bitcoin, a virtual currency.

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Sean Parker , is the co-founder of the music-sharing site Napste r. Although it was not Zuckerberg’s classmate at Harvard, became his friend, mentor and advisor to the nascent company, and was one of the first to recognize its potential. Parker was the first president of Facebook when it was created in 2004 and led to one the first major investor, Peter Thiel , who currently manages the fund investment risk The Founders Fund. At 34, his fortune is valued at 2,000 million through September.

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