The data displays the number of full-time Facebook employees from 2004 to 2017. As of December 2017, 25,105 people were employed by the social networking company, up from 150 people in 2006. In 2015, total key executive compensation amounted to 64.3 million USD. Key executives of the company include CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, as well as COO Sheryl Sandberg, and CFO David Wehner.
In 2003, a sophomore at Harvard University named Mark Zuckerberg, hacked into protected areas of the university's computer network in order to find photos of other students.
2004 | 7 |
2005 | 15 |
2006 | 150 |
2007 | 450 |
2008 | 850 |
2009 | 1218 |
2010 | 2127 |
2011 | 3200 |
2012 | 4619 |
2013 | 6337 |
2014 | 9199 |
2015 | 12691 |
2016 | 17048 |
2017 | 25105 |