Omar Wasow founded BlackPlanet, one of the earliest social networks, but isn't as widely recognized as the founders of Facebook or Myspace. Willi Wong hide caption toggle caption Willi Wong All Tech Considered The 'Blacks In Tech' Series Wraps, But Let's Keep Talking December 20, 2013 In the years since BlackPlanet launched, Tom Anderson sold Myspace to News Corp. for hundreds of millions of dollars. Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook has become a household name. But nobody seems to remember tech success Omar Wasow. How can that be?