The trio approaches Zuckerberg, convincing him to join in the venture. An article on the incident in The Harvard Crimson is noticed by three Harvard seniors: twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra, who are trying to launch a Harvard dating site. Zuckerberg's stunt, though successful, puts him at odds with the Harvard Administrative Board, and has angered numerous campus women's groups as well as individual female students. Eduardo Saverin, cast as the protagonist, has befriended Mark Zuckerberg, and both struggle for social acceptance-Saverin by joining a final club, Zuckerberg by creating a website where girls can be ranked according to their looks. The story begins in the weeks that precede the launch of "" at Harvard. Some of his sources are his conversations with Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and the court documents made available to him because of "all these college kids suing each other." Content After Zuckerberg and Saverin settled their lawsuit, Saverin broke off contact with the author.īen Mezrich maintains that the book is not a work of fiction despite his narrative style of writing. Co-founder Eduardo Saverin served as Mezrich's main consultant, although he declined to speak with him while the book was being researched. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal is a 2009 book by Ben Mezrich about the founding of Facebook, adapted by Aaron Sorkin for the 2010 film The Social Network.
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