The accidental billionaires book5/20/2023 You know all those “disgruntled former employees” you used to read about before a lot of newspapers banned both that clichéd phrase and stories by driven their views? Mezrich doesn’t use those words - and Saverin wasn’t an employee but a partner - but The Accidental Billionaires suggests why the technique has fallen out of favor. He also draws heavily on talks with Eduardo Saverin, who helped to bankroll the start-up as a Harvard undergraduate and later successfully sued for the right to be listed as a co-founder of the site. With no access to the prime mover of Facebook, Mezrich tells his tale through techniques such as “re-created dialogue,” scenes set in “likely” settings, and “imagined” descriptions. Ben Mezrich warns you up front that he wrote The Accidental Billionaires without interviewing Mark Zuckerberg, who created the first version of the social networking site by hacking into Harvard University computers, downloading students’ photos, and posting them online. Doubleday, 260 pp., $25.Ī new art form may have emerged in this heavy-breathing, sensationalized account of the founding of Facebook: pulp nonfiction. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal. That red lace bra on the cover is the first red flag
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