The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal

Mezrich, Ben

ISBN 10: 0739383582 ISBN 13: 9780739383582

Publisher: Random House, 2009

Synopsis

The Accidental Billionaires The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook. Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends-outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women. Eduardo figured their ticket to social acceptance-and sexual success-was getting invited to join one of the university's Final Clubs, a constellation of elite societies that had groomed generations of the most powerful men in the world and ranked on top of the inflexibl...

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Review:

"PURE SUMMER FUN... JUICY, FAST-PACED, UNPUTDOWNABLE... Ben has a gift for finding high-energy, strange-but-true tales and [SOCIAL NETWORK] is no exception... a captivating story of betrayal, vast amounts of cash, and two friends who revolutionized the way humans connect to one another." (KEVIN SPACEY)

"You'll be utterly enthralled" (News of the World)

"Even if you've never logged on to Facebook, the premise behind this true story is irresistible... A 21st century fable, it unfolds with all the narrative verve of a novel" (Daily Mail)

"As addictive as Facebook... has the perfect dramatic narrative for a Hollywood thriller." (Time Out ****)

"Bringing Down the House showed geeks outsmarting the casinos. Mezrich's latest focuses on two Harvard students who tried to build an online database of girls...and created Facebook" (GQ)

Book Description:

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, this is the fast-paced story of two Ivy-League outcasts who concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up inventing Facebook

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0739383582
• ISBN 13: 9780739383582
• Binding: Audio CD