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[7] [8] Based in Singapore, [9] he is the co-founder and co-CEO of the venture capital firm B Capital, and has also invested in early-stage startups such as Qwiki [10] and Jumio. [11] Saverin is the wealthiest Brazilian, with an estimated net worth of US$33.9 billion as of 7 January 2025, according to Forbes , and the 51st richest individual in ...
Dustin Aaron Moskovitz [1] (/ ˈ m ɒ s k ə v ɪ t s /; born May 22, 1984) [2] is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. [3] In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana [4] with Justin Rosenstein.
In 2006, Parker became a managing partner at Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture-capital fund founded by Peter Thiel. [44] Founders Fund is focused on investing in early-stage companies, has $500 million in aggregate capital, and has invested in Quantcast, Path, and Knewton. [45]
As of Feb. 8, the company was still trading under the stock symbol FB. ... co-founder of PayPal and one of Facebook’s earliest investors and longest-seated board members, would step down from ...
Asana (NYSE:ASAN) went public via a direct listing in September 2020 with shares kicking off trading around $30 each. It took until mid-2021 for Asana to really hit its stride, however. ASAN stock ...
In the summer of 2004, venture capitalist Peter Thiel made a $500,001 angel investment in the social network Facebook for 10.2% of the company and joined Facebook's board. This was the first outside investment in Facebook. [249] [250] [251]
Peter Andreas Thiel (/ t iː l /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. [1] [2] [3] A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook.
Jerry Yang and David Filo co-founded Yahoo! in 1994. Yang took the title of CEO before the company came public in 1996. It was a hot stock, for a while, and then it struggled to compete against ...