Episode 1
Ben Mezrich's account of the much-contested history of the genesis of the social networking site Facebook. It is October 2003 and Eduardo Saverin first meets Mark Zuckerberg.
Ben Mezrich's new book charts the much-contested history of the genesis of the social networking site Facebook. It is a story of the desire to belong, the desire to make friends and the sometimes conflicting desire to make money. This dramatic narrative account is based on interviews and documentary sources.
It all begins in October 2003, when Eduardo Saverin first meets Mark Zuckerberg.
A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
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