It's hardly an exodus, but, as
The New York Times
reports, a growing number of Facebook's first employees are venturing out on their own. "Many of them are leaving as wealthy, either on paper or after cashing in their ownership stakes to do what they
say they like best: start companies," The Times reports. Dustin Moskovitz, credited with co-founding Facebook, left the nest to start work collaboration software maker Asana.
Another
co-founder, Chris Hughes has left to launch a social network for "people who want to change the world," named Jumo. Meanwhile, Facebook's old senior platform manager Dave Mortin is hard at work on
Path -- which The Times calls a "still-secretive venture" -- while Adam D'Angelo, Facebook's onetime chief technology officer, and Charlie Cheever, another senior manager, continue to gain market
traction with Quora -- a question-and-answer site that some believe has Facebook-like potential.
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