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"High-octane page-turners, replete with sex, skullduggery and plot twists worthy of James Patterson"--New York Times
“The book is better; you should read the book” —A-Rod
“Uproarious. . . . Stimulating enough to keep even an unmedicated narcoleptic awake.”
—The Washington Times
“Mezrich’s prose has a cinematic flavor.”
—The Boston Globe
“You won’t be able to put the book down. The story’s far too compelling, and entirely too personal, to toss aside.”
—The Oregonian
From the Trade Paperback edition.
“The book is better; you should read the book” —A-Rod
“Uproarious. . . . Stimulating enough to keep even an unmedicated narcoleptic awake.”
—The Washington Times
“Mezrich’s prose has a cinematic flavor.”
—The Boston Globe
“You won’t be able to put the book down. The story’s far too compelling, and entirely too personal, to toss aside.”
—The Oregonian
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.
Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women.
Eduardo figured their ticket to social acceptance–and sexual success–was getting invited to join one of the university’s Final Clubs, a constellation of elite societies that had groomed generations of the most powerful men in the world and ranked on top of the inflexible hierarchy at Harvard. Mark, with less of an interest in what the campus alpha males thought of him, happened to be a computer genius of the first order.
Which he used to find a more direct route to social stardom: one lonely night, Mark hacked into the university's computer system, creating a ratable database of all the female students on campus–and subsequently crashing the university's servers and nearly getting himself kicked out of school. In that moment, in his Harvard dorm room, the framework for Facebook was born.
What followed–a real-life adventure filled with slick venture capitalists, stunning women, and six-foot-five-inch identical-twin Olympic rowers–makes for one of the most entertaining and compelling books of the year. Before long, Eduardo’s and Mark’s different ideas about Facebook created in their relationship faint cracks, which soon spiraled into out-and-out warfare. The collegiate exuberance that marked their collaboration fell prey to the adult world of lawyers and money. The great irony is that while Facebook succeeded by bringing people together, its very success tore two best friends apart.
The Accidental Billionaires is a compulsively readable story of innocence lost–and of the unusual creation of a company that has revolutionized the way hundreds of millions of people relate to one another.
Ben Mezrich, a Harvard graduate, has published ten books, including the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House. He is a columnist for Boston Common and a contributor for Flush magazine. Ben lives in Boston with his wife, Tonya.
Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women.
Eduardo figured their ticket to social acceptance–and sexual success–was getting invited to join one of the university’s Final Clubs, a constellation of elite societies that had groomed generations of the most powerful men in the world and ranked on top of the inflexible hierarchy at Harvard. Mark, with less of an interest in what the campus alpha males thought of him, happened to be a computer genius of the first order.
Which he used to find a more direct route to social stardom: one lonely night, Mark hacked into the university's computer system, creating a ratable database of all the female students on campus–and subsequently crashing the university's servers and nearly getting himself kicked out of school. In that moment, in his Harvard dorm room, the framework for Facebook was born.
What followed–a real-life adventure filled with slick venture capitalists, stunning women, and six-foot-five-inch identical-twin Olympic rowers–makes for one of the most entertaining and compelling books of the year. Before long, Eduardo’s and Mark’s different ideas about Facebook created in their relationship faint cracks, which soon spiraled into out-and-out warfare. The collegiate exuberance that marked their collaboration fell prey to the adult world of lawyers and money. The great irony is that while Facebook succeeded by bringing people together, its very success tore two best friends apart.
The Accidental Billionaires is a compulsively readable story of innocence lost–and of the unusual creation of a company that has revolutionized the way hundreds of millions of people relate to one another.
Ben Mezrich, a Harvard graduate, has published ten books, including the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House. He is a columnist for Boston Common and a contributor for Flush magazine. Ben lives in Boston with his wife, Tonya.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The Accidental Billionaires,
By Jules-Pierre Fournier "Cue The Music DJ Services" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Accidental Billionaires (Audio CD)
It goes a little long from time to time. It can also be repetitive. The movie "The Social Network" take several event and mashes into one scene, and does this often enough to bring the run time and repetition down to an acceptable limit.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast Paced Drama,
By Douglas P. Murphy "Author, The Griffon Trilog... (Charlottesville) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal (Paperback)
A handful of characters dominate the plot of this book: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Sean Parker. All but Parker, the originator of Naptster, were undergrads at Harvard during the formation of Facebook. Despite the academic intensity of Harvard Zuckerburg manages to devote hours and hours to the development of this "social network" as does Eduardo. The Winklevoss twins are trying to launch their own internet social networking site and for a while have recruited Zuckerberg who sends several emails detailing his purported progress. However, when he launches Facebook, the twins become enraged, feel betrayed and spend a good portion of their time trying to thwart Zuckerberg or wrest some level of compensation. This conflict is secondary only to the one that grows between Eduardo and Mark. These two start off as close friends and colaborators but grow apart as Facebook becomes Mark's number one priority in life while Eduardo divides his priorities between facebook and finishing his Harvard education. Eduardo is the CFO and a founding father but is not a computer whiz kid. Sean Parker, a veteran of Silicon Valley, helps to expand Facebook through his West Coast connections and a fast talking, wheeler dealer style. Sean and Eduardo face off with one of them rapidly and decisively becoming the loser. These struggles in combination with the speed-of-light growth of Facebook and its ultimately culture defining and changing influence nationally and internationally set the course of the book. These main dramas receive color and further interest from the social lives of these personalities as well as the culture and fraternities of both Harvard and Silicon Valley. I thought it was a great read.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not sure how they're going to make this a movie,
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This review is from: The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal (Paperback)
I enjoyed reading Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the House" and thought I would enjoy this book even more. Boy was I wrong. It's really not that riveting. Some parts were interesting, but as the last review said, it's chock full of filler.
Frankly, I would have been more interested in reading about the changes facebook went through on a more technical level, than some of the bland details of these guys lives. It's also disapointing that the main character (Mark Zucherberg) was not interviewed to get his side of the story. I'm not sure how they are going to turn this book into an interesting movie, without stretching the truth.
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