The Accidental Billionaires is a fast-paced inside look at a story of fortune gained and
innocence lost and how a company that was created to bring people together ultimately tore two
friends apart. In 2003 Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergrads and best
friends looking for a way to stand out among the university's elite and competitive student
body. Then one lonely night Zuckerberg hacked into the campus computer system to pull off a
prank that crashed Harvard's network. This stunt almost got him expelled but it also inspired
Zuckerberg to create Facebook the social networking site that has revolutionized how people
around the world communicate. With Saverin's funding their small start-up quickly went from
their college dorm room to Silicon Valley. But different ideas about Facebook's future tested
Zuckerberg and Saverin's relationship which then spiraled into out-and-out warfare. Soon the
collegiate exuberance that marked their collaboration fell prey to the adult world of venture
capitalists lawyers and big money.
