Facebook headquarters’ address is 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025. 1 Hacker Way was apparently the second choice after 1 Social Circle. Both of which fit the Facebook culture and product quite nicely. “Hacking is core to how we build at Facebook,” the company said in a blog post announcing Facebook’s 2012 Hacker Cup competition. “Whether we’re building a prototype for a major product like Timeline at a Hackathon, creating a smarter search algorithm, or tearing down walls at our new headquarters, we’re always hacking to find better ways to solve problems”. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into the Harvard computer network and stole private dormitory student ID photos in order to create Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook.
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