Facebook is an online social networking service that allows its users to connect with friends and family as well as make new connections. It provides its users with the ability to create a profile, update information, add images, send friend requests and accept requests from other users. Its features include status update, photo tagging and sharing, and more.
Facebook’s profile structure includes a timeline, information related to the user, images of the user, images added by friends of the user, notes, pages, groups and more. It enables its users to create pages related to entertainment, sports, business, finance, preferences, hobbies, culture, religion, causes, organizations and a number of other categories. Facebook also enables its users to join or create groups related to a vast number of categories.
Company Growth (employees)
Facebook was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, US
Key People at Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder & CEO
Dave Wehner
CFO
Mike Schroepfer
CTO
Sheryl Sandberg
COO
Kang-Xing Jin
VP of Engineering
Jay Parikh
Vice President of Engineering
David Marcus
Head of Messenger
Naomi Gleit
VP of Social Good
Jonathan Thaw
Director, Product and Executive Communications
Javier Olivan
VP of Growth
Adam Mosseri
VP, Product Management
Rob Goldman
VP Product, Ads & Pages
Andrew Bosworth
VP Ads & Business Platform
Chris Cox
CPO
Alex Hardiman
Head of News Products
Will Cathcart
Vice President, Product Management
Deb Liu
VP, Platform & Marketplace
Caryn Marooney
Head of Technology Communications
Facebook Office Locations
Facebook has offices in Menlo Park, Atlanta, Austin, Boston and in 55 other locations
Menlo Park, US (HQ)
1 Hacker Way
Da’an District, TW
1 Section 4, Roosevelt Rd
Kuala Lumpur, MY
Jalan Tun Ismail
Facebook Data and Metrics
Facebook Financial Metrics
Facebook's revenue was reported to be $9.3 b in Q2, 2017
USD
Revenue (Q2, 2017) | 9.3 b |
Gross profit (Q2, 2017) | 4.4 b |
Gross profit margin (Q2, 2017), % | 47% |
Net income (Q2, 2017) | 3.9 b |
Market capitalization (22-Sep-2017) | 503.3 b |
Cash (31-Mar-2017) | 7.1 b |
Facebook's current market capitalization is $503.3 b.
- Source: SEC Filings, TechCrunch, Fortune 2017
| USD | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 3.7 b | 5.1 b | 7.9 b | 12.5 b | 17.9 b | 27.6 b |
Revenue growth, % | 37% | 55% | 58% | 44% | 54% | |
Cost of goods sold | 641 m | 1.2 b | 1.9 b | 2.2 b | 2.9 b | 3.8 b |
Gross profit | 3.1 b | 3.9 b | 6 b | 10.3 b | 15.1 b | 23.8 b |
| USD | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Q2, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 2.9 b | 3.2 b | 3.5 b | 4 b | 4.5 b | 5.4 b | 6.4 b | 7 b | 8 b | 9.3 b |
Cost of goods sold | 473 m | 565 m | 654 m | 668 m | 720 m | 838 m | 916 m | 987 m | 1.2 b | 4.9 b |
Gross profit | 2.4 b | 2.6 b | 2.9 b | 3.4 b | 3.8 b | 4.5 b | 5.5 b | 6 b | 6.9 b | 4.4 b |
Gross profit Margin, % | 84% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 47% |
- Source: SEC Filings, TechCrunch, Fortune 2017
| USD | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 3.3 b | 4.3 b | 4.9 b | 8.9 b |
Inventories | 461 m | 793 m | 659 m | 959 m |
Current Assets | 13.1 b | 13.7 b | 21.7 b | 34.4 b |
PP&E | 2.9 b | 4 b | 5.7 b | 8.6 b |
| USD | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 4.4 b | 9 b | 3.4 b | 5.1 b | 4.3 b | 6.5 b | 5.1 b | 6 b | 7.1 b |
Current Assets | 15.6 b | 16.1 b | 15 b | 17 b | 19.1 b | 23.8 b | 27 b | 30.3 b | 36.9 b |
PP&E | 3.3 b | 3.7 b | 4.6 b | 5 b | 5.3 b | 6.5 b | 7.1 b | 7.9 b | 9.5 b |
Goodwill | 1.7 b | 2.6 b | 18 b | 18 b | 18 b | 18 b | 18 b | 18.1 b | 18.1 b |
| USD | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 1.5 b | 2.9 b | 3.7 b | 10.2 b |
Depreciation and Amortization | 2.3 b | |||
Accounts Receivable | (378 m) | (610 m) | (973 m) | (1.5 b) |
Inventories | (45 m) | (123 m) | (144 m) | (159 m) |
| USD | Q2, 2014 | Q3, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | Q1, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | Q1, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | 791 m | 806 m | 512 m | 719 m | 896 m | 1.5 b | 2.1 b | 2.4 b | 3.1 b |
Accounts Receivable | 609 m | ||||||||
Accounts Payable | 146 m | 120 m | 129 m | 139 m | 149 m | 149 m | 130 m | 260 m | (10 m) |
Cash From Operating Activities | 5.1 b |
| USD | Y, 2017 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 451.2 k |
Financial Leverage | 1.1 x |
Facebook Operating Metrics
Facebook's Daily Active Users was reported to be 1.3 b in Q2, 2017. Facebook's Monthly Active Users was reported to be 2 b in Q2, 2017
| Apr, 2014 | Nov, 2014 | FY, 2014 | Q1, 2015 | Q2, 2015 | Q3, 2015 | FY, 2015 | Jan, 2016 | Q1, 2016 | Apr, 2016 | Q2, 2016 | Jul, 2016 | Q3, 2016 | FY, 2016 | Q1, 2017 | Apr, 2017 | Q2, 2017 | Sep, 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Messenger Users | 200 m | 500 m | 600 m | 700 m | 800 m | 900 m | 1 b | 1.2 b | 1.3 b | |||||||||
Monthly Active Users (Asia-Pacific) | 449 m | 471 m | 496 m | 522 m | 540 m | 566 m | 592 m | 629 m | 673 m | 716 m | ||||||||
Daily Active Users (Asia-Pacific) | 253 m | 270 m | 285 m | 300 m | 309 m | 329 m | 346 m | 368 m | 396 m | 427 m | ||||||||
Daily Active Users (Rest of World) | 263 m | 280 m | 292 m | 308 m | 319 m | 340 m | 355 m | 377 m | 388 m | 408 m |
Facebook Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Runways Information Services | ||
| Siculus | ||
| Facebook Ireland Holdings Unlimited | ||
| Global Holdings II LLC | ||
| Global Holdings I LLC | ||
| Andale | ||
| Global Holdings I Inc | ||
| FCL Tech | ||
| Winner | ||
| Vitesse | ||
| Cassin Networks ApS | ||
| Edge Network Services | ||
| Facebook International Operations | ||
| Facebook Ireland Limited | ||
| Facebook Operations | ||
| Facebook Sweden Holdings | ||
| Greater Kudu | ||
| KUSU PTE | ||
| Pinnacle Sweden | ||
| Ozlo | July 31, 2017 | |
| Source3 | July 24, 2017 | |
| Atlas Solutions Advertiser Suite | January 04, 2017 | $100 m |
| CrowdTangle | November 11, 2016 | |
| Eyegroove | August 08, 2016 | |
| Two Big Ears Ltd | May 23, 2016 | |
| Endaga | October 05, 2015 | |
| TheFind, Inc. | March 13, 2015 | |
| Teehan+Lax | January 16, 2015 | |
| QuickFire Networks | January 08, 2015 | |
| Wit.ai | January 05, 2015 | |
| LiveRail | August 26, 2014 | $400 m |
| PrivateCore | August 07, 2014 | |
| Little Eye Labs | July 01, 2014 | |
| Pryte | June 03, 2014 | |
| ProtoGeo | April 24, 2014 | |
| Oculus VR | March 25, 2014 | $2 b |
| February 19, 2014 | $19 b | |
| Branch | January 13, 2014 | $15 m |
| SportStream | December 17, 2013 | |
| Onavo | October 13, 2013 | $150 m |
| Jibbigo | August 12, 2013 | |
| Monoidics | July 18, 2013 | |
| Parse | April 25, 2013 | $90 m |
| Spaceport.io | April 23, 2013 | |
| Osmeta | April 11, 2013 | |
| Storylane | March 08, 2013 | |
| Acrylic Software | July 20, 2012 | |
| Spool | July 14, 2012 | |
| Bolt | Peters | June 21, 2012 | |
| Face.com | June 18, 2012 | $100 m |
| Pieceable | June 11, 2012 | |
| Karma | May 18, 2012 | |
| Lightbox | May 15, 2012 | |
| Glancee | May 04, 2012 | |
| Tagtile | April 13, 2012 | |
| April 09, 2012 | $1 b | |
| GazeHawk | March 10, 2012 | |
| Friend.ly | March 03, 2012 | |
| Sendoid | February 29, 2012 | |
| Gowalla | December 02, 2011 | |
| WhoGlue | November 28, 2011 | |
| Strobe | November 08, 2011 | |
| Digital Staircase | November 07, 2011 | |
| Push Pop Press | August 02, 2011 | |
| Sofa | June 09, 2011 | |
| Daytum | April 27, 2011 | |
| Snaptu | March 20, 2011 | $70 m |
| Beluga | March 01, 2011 | |
| Pursuit | February 25, 2011 | |
| Zenbe | November 16, 2010 | |
| drop.io | October 29, 2010 | |
| Nextstop | September 25, 2010 | |
| Chai Labs | August 15, 2010 | $10 m |
| Hot Potato | July 28, 2010 | $10 m |
| ShareGrove | May 26, 2010 | |
| Divvyshot | April 02, 2010 | |
| Octazen Solutions | February 19, 2010 | |
| FriendFeed | August 10, 2009 | $50 m |
| Parakey | July 01, 2007 |
Facebook Market Value History
Facebook Revenue Breakdown
Facebook's employees are reported to be approximately 35% female and 65% male.
Facebook Job Categories
Facebook Median Salaries
Source: 3.4 k public H-1B filings from Facebook
Market Position of Facebook
Traffic Overview of Facebook
Facebook Online and Social Media Presence
Facebook News and Updates
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