facebook was founded by mark zuckerberg , an associate html developer aiming to make friends at harvard university . although facebook has been challenged by connectu . in for allegedly copying its title and data , facebook is not the first worldwide social network on the internet . as one of the most popular college websites , facebook is notable for its avoidance of prominent advertising . it quickly collected $ 50 , 000 in debt in 2004 , and it assumed nearly a year for it to begin turning a revenue , so clearly it needed a large amount of venture capital .
Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook.