The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
, subject: Founding of Facebook; Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Sean Parker
A dramatized Facebook founding story where Harvard ambition, friendship, money, and betrayal collide as the company takes off.
About the book
Mezrich follows Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg from a Harvard startup to Silicon Valley, where competing plans for Facebook turn their friendship into a fight over control, money, and ownership.
Why read it
Best if you want a dramatized account of Facebook's founding at Harvard and the relationships that strained as the company took off
Key themes
- Harvard Origins
- Friendship Under Pressure
- Narrative Source Material
Evidence and original sources
The episode is dedicated to a book about the founding of Facebook, with the host reading and discussing extended passages from the narrative.
- The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal — The episode is dedicated to a book about the founding of Facebook, with the host reading and discussing extended passages from the narrative.
- Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture — The episode's source notes identify the full Mezrich title and Founders 14 as prior coverage while the discussion points back to the Facebook book.
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