So on October 28th, 2003, a Harvard sophomore created a web site called Facemash, illegally lifting pictures from the Harvard directory database and placing them on a web site while intoxicated. It eventually was shut down less than a week later and the student faced expulsion from the most prestigious school in the country.

Today, he is one of their most popular alumni. Mark Zuckerberg is the creator of Facebook, THE social networking site on the Internet. I remember when I first got onto Facebook in 2004 (yes, I've been on it THAT long) and it looked similar to this:



Now, of course after the much debated transition, it looks like this:



While Facebook is just 6 years old, it is estimated to be worth $10 billion dollars by the New York Times (here's the May 27 2009 article if you don't believe me). Not bad for almost getting kicked out of Harvard.