The Face Behind Facebook

Tells 60 Minutes "Beacon" Needs Work, 2008 IPO Highly Unlikely

(CBS)  He dropped out of Harvard in 2004, where he was intending to study psychology. His mom is a psychiatrist, his dad's a dentist. Zuckerberg was a computer whiz early on, writing software in sixth grade. In his second year at Harvard he built a site where students could rate, or berate, the looks of classmates through ID photos he lifted off Harvard's computers.

"You got into deep trouble from this little prank," Stahl remarks.

"Well, Harvard was just not happy that I was using their images," Zuckerberg says.

"Well, they said you hacked," Stahl says. "Did they punish you?"

"Yeah, I was put on some sort of -- I don't know what you call it," Zuckerberg says.

"Probation?" Stahl asks.

"Sure," Zuckerberg says.

Soon thereafter, he and his two roommates created an online version of the Harvard student directory where kids could message each other. They called it "The Facebook" and launched it from their dorm room. Within four months they had expanded to 40 colleges, and over the summer moved to Palo Alto.

But Zuckerberg had done code writing for some upper classmen with a similar idea, and they have filed a law suit. "Three Harvard students are suing you claiming that you stole their idea for Facebook," Stahl remarks.

"Well, I mean we know that we didn't steal any ideas or code so we're just kind of waiting until that comes out in court," Zuckerberg says.

"In the lawsuit they claim that you were duplicitous," Stahl says. "Are you worried about it?"

"No, I don't really spend a whole lot of my time worrying about that," Zuckerberg says. "I mean we have lawyers at the company who deal with that stuff. And, it's not a huge concern."

Despite his young age, Zuckerberg seems to have made one savvy business decision after the next. "About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff," Zuckerberg says.

He expanded access to Facebook from college students to high schoolers, then in 2006 to adults, his fastest growing demographic. Now he's inviting everyone on the site to create new software and pocket the profits themselves. It's a way to keep the next big thing on Facebook. New programs emerge daily, like Facebook Scrabble.

"I actually have a couple games going on now with my grandparents," Zuckerberg says, laughing. "So, they got on Facebook and we started playing Scrabble together."

So Facebook is changing the way we communicate with our friends, and with our grandparents. It's also changing politics. Every major candidate has a page. Zuckerberg says there seem to be more Republicans on the site than Democrats, and among them, Barack Obama - with his young persons following - is hugely popular; Hillary Clinton is hugely unpopular.

"It used to be, first you went on 'Face The Nation' if you were a candidate. Then you went on Letterman. Now it seems the candidates have to be on Facebook. Are you changing the way candidates are running for president?" Stahl asks.

"Well, I think because politicians can communicate with tens of thousands of people at the same time, it's pretty effective for them in campaigning," Zuckerberg explains.

Facebook is growing so quickly now, there's talk of it becoming a giant slayer.

Charlene Li, an analyst at technology consulting company Forrester Research, thinks Facebook is a challenge to Google.

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[abstractist-2009]

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I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

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Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

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[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.

[abstractist-2009]

Lesley Stahl Made a common Ivy League Mistake.

I see that someone already posted about this, but to go into further detail about the word alumnus, or alum

1 : a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university

2 : a person who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate

Hey how about that INMATE!!.

Leslie most likely has her Masters in Communication, and here is this Harvard Dropout, worth 100 times her total wealth, and she is trying to correct him, and she was wrong to begin with.

Another Harvard Drop out who is an Alum is Billy, BAD BREATH, Gates, you may have heard of him (Microsoft?)

My wife told me I was wrong till I showed her in the dictionary, then she informed me that the professors at UCONN told her that only College Grads were considered ALUMs, guess no one showed them a dictionary.

Lets fact check before we insult young impressionable 23 year old BILLIONAIRES.