Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook floating on the stock market will turn Zuckerberg, co-founders and investors into overnight billionaires.

Mark Zuckerberg and several thousand Facebook colleagues are spending the hours ahead of the company's IPO at an all-night hackathon

Facebook's founders, early executives and investors would be seeing their fortune soaring to new heights after the IPO.

Facebook will open on the Nasdaq stock exchange at $38 (£24) from 18 May, valuing the company at $104bn

As Facebook floats on the New York Stock Exchange, we look at five ways it can get even bigger.

A look back at the small tweaks and big jumps that have changed Facebook from a website used by college students to a social network with 901m users.

Facebook will float on the stock market this Friday, we look at the enormous numbers behind the company that has gone from zero to $100bn in eight years.

Facebook updates its IPO filing yet again, adding a further 96 million shares and raising the public offering to $18.4bn.

General Motors has removed its paid adverts from Facebook, stating that they do not increase car sales.

Facebook will issue 50 million extra shares to cope with investor demand ahead of its IPO and has confirmed a share price increase.

Facebook's share price increased by $6 ahead of flotation as high demand closes order books early.

Facebook has issued a profit warning to investors as revenue generated from its mobile apps cannot keep up with demand

Seventeen-year-old hacker suspect accused of being part of group that dumped recorded conversations of anti-terror hotline.

Facebook's App Center may benefit Apple and Google in the short term, but ultimately Facebook and its investors will win big.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not attend the second day of his company's IPO roadshow, disappointing investors.

Facebook's latest regulatory filing says it expects to the company to be valued at up to £59bn.

Facebook helps to increase daily organ donor registers in California by 800 percent.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched an update for Timeline users on its social networking site that allows them to easily become organ donors.

Yahoo has accused Facebook of buying up patents specifically to launch a counterclaim to the legal case it is bringing against the social networking site.

With Facebook due to float on 17 May, we take a look at some of the most famous tech flotations - but not all of them were successful.

Why is the online collective featured on Time's list of 100 most influential people in the world?

Social networking giant, which claims 800 million members, also planning to expand California headquarters and workforce.

Time magazine readers choose Anonymous hacking collective as most influential figure of 2012.

We investigate why the social network paid so much of a mobile phone app.

Social networking site will pay $1bn in cash and Facebook shares to take over photo-sharing service.

Paul Celiga claimed in his 2010 lawsuit that he had signed a deal with Zuckerberg for half ownership of the company.

Nepal's only openly gay MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg for changes in gender registration.

Employers use Facebook passwords to perform background checks on potential employees.

Yahoo files lawsuit claiming patent breaches on social networking, online advertising and security.

Forbes magazine released the list of youngest billionaires in the world on Wednesday.