facebook was conceived by mark zuckerberg , an individual web developer aspiring to make friends at harvard university . although facebook has been sued by connectu . com for allegedly copying its concept and data , facebook is technically the third worldwide college net on the internet . as one of the most known college websites , facebook is infamous for its lack of prominent advertising . it immediately accumulated $ 50 , 000 in debt in 2004 , and it took nearly a months for it to begin turning a profit , so clearly it needed a big amount of venture capital .
Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook.