Chris Hughes

ABOUT CHRIS HUGHES

Co-founder of Facebook with Harvard roommate Mark Zuckerberg .

He graduated with honors from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and literature.

He helped run Barack Obama 's 2008 presidential campaign social network My.BarackObama.com.

He married Sean Elridge in 2012. His father Arlen Hughes was a paper salesman, and his mother Brenda Hughes taught at a nearby public school.

He was portrayed by actor Patrick Mapel in the Academy Award-nominated film The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin .