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

by Ben Mezrich

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER " The Social Network , the much anticipated movie...adapted from Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires ." -- The New York Times Best friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University's elite, competitive, and accomplished student body. Then, in 2003, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard's computers, crashed the campus network, almost got himself expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook, the social networking site that has since revolutionized communication around the world. With Saverin's funding their tiny start-up went from dorm room to Silicon Valley. But conflicting ideas about Facebook's future transformed the friends into enemies. Soon, the undergraduate exuberance that marked their collaboration turned into out-and-out warfare as it fell prey to the adult world of venture capitalists, big money, and lawyers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307740986
• ISBN13: 9780307740984
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This book so far has been interesting and has some good facts about facebook in later chapters. I'm used to reading just straight up biographies but this book mixes a biography with a story and its kind of cool.

GOOD BOYS GONE BAD??

How dweebs get sexy. And how they fall apart. Can't possibly 'read' all that I want, so audio books like this superior one are great. Seller terrific too. Would definitely use again. MM

A wild adventure blending genius and invention

THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES: THE FOUNDING OF FACEBOOK: A TALE OF SEX, MONEY, GENIUS AND BETRAYAL is a pick for any general or computer library. It tells how two Ivy Leaguers trying to increase their chances with girls created the billion-dollar site Facebook, offering a wild adventure blending genius and invention. Any library strong in computers, entrepreneurs or social invention will find this a lively, fun read.

I could not put this book down

I loved this book. It is obviously written coutesy of Eduardo Saverin, yet I think that Ben Mezrich was even handed with all his portayals. I loved having a chance to be a fly on the wall of the development a viral website like Facebook. I loved it.

Great look behind the scenes of a revolution

Here is what you need to know about this book: 1. Is it an enjoyable read? YES. Read the book in about a day and a half and couldn't put it down at the end. 2. Is it an interesting story? YES. For the first time, I really felt that I was there (the "fly on the wall") as a whole idea unfolded from end-to-end, to become something that makes Microsoft and Google quiver in their boots. 3. Is it an interesting plot? YES. Its a real tragedy of friendship, greed, and power. It is a delightfully unexpected path woven together well by Mezrich. I saw lot of reviews and reports about this story, and read it eyes-opened. Is this verbatim of what actually happened? Of course not, but do you really believe everything that gets written by Jenna Jameson or Marilyn Manson in their "true autobiographies". Is it clear enough that this is the way the main plot played out? -- to me there is little question. So if you want to enjoy a good read, pick up this book. It you want to stock up on dry factoids, pick up an Encylopedia Brittanica -- I hear they are real cheap nowadays ;)