Last night, Facebook joined the exclusive club of US-based publicaly traded companies with a market cap of more than $1 trillion. Other notable names with this club’s membership are Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet — making Facebook the youngest company to reach this mark. Here’s a brief history of Facebook with significant milestones that helped it reach this mark: Mark Zuckerberg & co. launch TheFacebook on Harvard campus on February 4, 2004. Next year, it expands to more universities and changes its name to Facebook. In September 2006, it opens up accepting users older than 13 from any country with a…
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