Reading rank 362
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, 2009
Ben Mezrich recounts the founding of Facebook as a sustained narrative, with passages long enough to read aloud.
49
Coverage Score
2
Scored evidence
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 the founding of Facebook told as a sustained narrative rather than as a short summary of how the company started.
Key themes
- Facebook's start told as a story
- A book about the beginning
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #14, #21
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.