Mark Zuckerberg is considered the founder of Facebook, the popular social networking Web site estimated to be worth upwards of $1 billion.Two Harvard classmates have long claimed that Zuckerberg stole the idea from them, the founders of ConnectU, and are suing him in U.S. district court in Boston.
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Who Founded Facebook? A New Claim Emerges
Mark Zuckerberg is considered the founder of Facebook, the popular social networking Web site estimated to be worth upwards of $1 billion. Two Harvard classmates have long claimed that Zuckerberg stole the idea from them, the founders of ConnectU, and are suing him in U.S. district court in Boston.