Facebook Is Really About Disrupting Industries

Eight years after launching Facebook in a Harvard dorm room, Mark Zuckerberg is about to pull off one of the most valuable stock offerings in U.S. history — and the largest ever in tech — making him one of the world’s richest men, worth nearly $20 billion. Thousands of employees and early investors will reap billions more. But Facebook’s IPO is about more than just big numbers like the company’s $100 billion valuation. It’s about the emergence of the Internet as a global social platform that’s disrupting entire industries.