Facebook has recently shifted its headquarters to Menlo Parl. While the location is pretty the address is something that has attracted the yes of many. Anyone receiving mails in the USA comes with the address 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025. The own vanity address can be seen evidently on the new business cards of Facebook with the motto “Move Fast And Break Things”.
Facebook is an American multinational technology company based in California founded by Mark Zuckerberg. Today, the company has grown into a social networking site and is known as the world’s most valuable companies. It is one of the Top 5 companies in the US competing against Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon.
The company has acquired many other social networking platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Giphy and Mapillary. It also owns a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms. The company filed for an IPO in 2012 with Mark Zuckerberg owning 22% ownership and 57% of the voting shares. By 2012, the company raise $5 billion and 2.7 billion daily likes and comments with 845 million users.
In 2014, the company changes its motto from “Move Fast and Break Things” to “Move Fast with stable infrastructure.” Through these years Facebook has acquired many companies with the biggest amongst all the Instagram in 2012. In 2013, it acquired Onavo followed by WhatsApp in 2014. In 2020, it announced a deal with Reliance Industries purchasing 10 percent of Jio Platforms.
In 2020, there has been an estimated revenue of $85,965 million. It was ranked No. 76 in the Fortune 5500 list of largest US corporations. With the increasing usage the company introduces marketing with parameters based on likes and shares, purchasing data of audience and views.
The Address
With a series of vanity addresses ranging from companies to companies including Apple with 1 Infinite loop, Genentech with 1 DNA Way Facebook has come up with it’s own 1 Hacker way, 94025. The headquarters building is slowly going from Palo Alto to Menlo Park. 1 Hacker Way is the central address of the campus with different buildings having their own addresses.
The visitors are not allowed in the campus entrance but are allowed to take pictures with the iconic ‘Thumbs Up’ sign. The Hacker way name has been suggested aa a way of improvement and better understanding about the work Hacker.
