This morning the Irish Times reported that Facebook has confirmed its plans to establish one of its international headquarters in Dublin. The headquarters will be responsible for activities taking place within the company “across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.” Last week I wrote about Facebook hiring people in India, Hong Kong, Syndney, and the U.K.
In a statement to the Irish Times, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, said “After exploring various locations throughout the region, we decided Ireland was the best place to establish our new headquarters. As we grow and strive to make Facebook into a place for people around the world to connect and share information, we need local operations to better advance our efforts. The talent pool in Dublin is world-class, and recruiting local talent will help us better understand the needs of local users and the regional dynamics that, in turn, can give us better insight into what features matter most.”
The company continues to grow rapidly and given their rapid push to grow internationally, one has to wonder if the company will still be able to operate at break-even. European traffic for Facebook has continued to grow recently. The company has definitely faced challenges though as it hired Smaboo, an agency in Germany, to throw parties and attract the attention of local citizens.
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I had heard they were opening an office in Toronto a while ago. Did this ever happen?
Comment by Jonathan Kleiman — October 2, 2008 @ 7:39 am
Well, hopefully this means they'll be translating the site into the various forms of Gaelic pretty soon.
Comment by Ian — October 2, 2008 @ 8:14 am
Please provide me the full address with contact number for the facebook headquarters in Dublim.
cheers
Comment by Mohammed Haroon Akba — February 7, 2010 @ 10:32 am
has anyone heard anything about a facebook lottery program scam
Comment by jll — May 31, 2010 @ 1:53 pm
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