February 18, 2010 Most Innovative Companies - 2010: Facebook | Fast Company
Two beloved engineers, Ruchi Sanghvi and Aditya Agarwal, had arrived at Facebook as a couple in 2005 and survived the unique pressure of cranking out code for the hottest startup in the world. "They were a package deal," says Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. So, over what the company still calls its "Christmas break," Zuckerberg and more than a dozen past-and-present Facebook indispensables -- including now-departed cofounders Adam D'Angelo and Dustin Moskovitz -- trekked to a beach in Goa, India, for a week-long family celebration. Everyone dressed in costumed splendor; Zuckerberg looked fetching in a maroon silk sherwani. Women flashed henna tattoos. The groom arrived on horseback. The elaborate Indian ceremony, a Bollywood spectacle with a big helping of Silicon Valley, presented a rare, vulnerable moment for the Facebook infrastructure -- one rogue wave could have taken out much of the site's brain trust. But it also offered a point of reflection for the crew. "All of us together, in that beautiful place," one attendee recalls. "We've come so far. Literally." http://live.rameshkoneru.com/most-innovative-companies-2010-facebook-fast Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 Some books from Goa,1556 http://bit.ly/euv3g8
