Tom Anderson

ABOUT TOM ANDERSON

Co-founder of MySpace who gave the world the first popular social network in 2003.

His hacking exploits prompted an FBI raid, but young Tom was spared because he was a minor.

He had approximately 100 million MySpace friends at the height of his popularity and sold his site to News Corporation for $580 million.

He was born in San Diego, California; he inherited his entrepreneurial spirit from his father.

His site was eventually eclipsed in popularity by Mark Zuckerberg 's Facebook.