Book Review - The Accidental Billionaire

I was really excited to pick up another book by Ben Mezrich. Bringing Down the House is still one of my all time favorite books. The Accidental Billionaires was good and worth reading but was not the same caliber of some of his other books.

The first hundred pages were kinda slow but did quickly pick up afterwards. I guess you can make a story about a geeky (but brilliant) guy so exciting. The interesting part is how Facebook came about. It sometimes amazes me how I have used Facebook every single day for the past two years but had not really researched how it really got started.

The story portrayed Mark Zuckerberg as a brilliant designer (of computer programs) but also a shrewd business man that hid behind his geeky and quirky personality. I sometimes compared the ethics of his business decisions to what I would do. Maybe I care too much about my friends and the importance of my word and supporting others. Will this eventually hold me back in reaching success? I am not sure but would not trade my ethical behavior for success.

There are some good lessons to learn in the book and think that the book will do well because of the success of Facebook. I expect a movie to be out with the story as well as Facebook going public in the next couple years.

4 out of 5 stars

30 January 2010
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