facebook was begun by mark paypal , an independently network developer looking to make friends at harvard over . although facebook has been attacked by connectu . com for allegedly copying its concept and metadata , facebook is actually the first overseas college online on the internet . as one of the most profitable college websites , there is notable for its lack of prominent advertising . it already accumulated $ 50 , 000 in money in 2004 , and it lasted nearly a year for it to finish turning a profit , so clearly it needed a large portion of venture resources .
Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook.