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.
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Headquarters
1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025
Employees
43,030 full-time employees as of September 30, 2019
Statistics
Offices Around the World
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Berlin, Bogota, Boston, Brasilia, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Cork, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Dubai, Dublin, Fremont, Geneva, Gurgaon, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Menlo Park, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Montreal, Mountain View, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Pittsburgh, Redmond, Rome, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sausalito, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw, Washington D.C., Woodland Hills, Zurich
Data Centers
Prineville, Forest City, Luleå, Altoona, Fort Worth, Clonee, Los Lunas, Odense, Papillion, New Albany, Henrico, Newton, Eagle Mountain, Huntsville, Singapore
Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman and CEO of Facebook, which he founded in 2004. Mark is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Facebook's service and development of its core technology and infrastructure. Mark studied computer science at Harvard University before moving the company to Palo Alto, California.
Sheryl Sandberg is chief operating officer at Facebook, overseeing the firm's business operations. Prior to Facebook, Sheryl was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Clinton, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank.
Sheryl received a BA summa cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA with highest distinction from Harvard Business School.
Sheryl is the co-author of Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy with Wharton professor and bestselling author Adam Grant. She is also the author of the bestsellers Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and Lean In for Graduates. She is the founder of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more equal and resilient world through two key initiatives, LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org. Sheryl serves on the boards of Facebook, Women for Women International, ONE, and SurveyMonkey.
Sheryl lives in Menlo Park, California, with her son and daughter.
Dave Wehner is chief financial officer of Facebook, where he leads the finance, facilities and information technology teams. Prior to becoming CFO in June 2014, Dave served as Facebook’s vice president of Corporate Finance and Business Planning. From 2010 through 2012, Dave served as Chief Financial Officer of Zynga Inc. Before Zynga, Dave was a Managing Director at Allen & Company, an investment bank focused on media and technology, which he joined in 2001.
Dave holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Georgetown University, and a M.S. in Applied Physics from Stanford University.
Mike Schroepfer is the chief technology officer at Facebook. He leads the development of the technology and teams that enable Facebook to connect billions of people around the world and make breakthroughs in fields like artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
Before Facebook, Mike was Vice President of Engineering at Mozilla Corporation. He led the global and open product development process behind Firefox. Prior to that he was a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, which acquired his company, CenterRun. He began his career working at startups including a digital effects company where he developed software used in major motion pictures.
Mike holds a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.
