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For years, Facebook and Zuckerberg resisted both buyouts and taking the company public. The main reason that the company decided to go public is because it crossed the threshold of 500 shareholders, according to Reuters financial blogger Felix Salmon. [2] Facebook reportedly turned down a $750 million offer from Viacom in 2006. [3]
The investment was originally in the form of a convertible note, to be converted to equity if Facebook reached 1.5 million users by the end of 2004. Although Facebook narrowly missed the target, Thiel allowed the loan to be converted to equity anyway. [ 252 ]
Facebook Photos [12] 7 Friendster patents USA, Mountain View, California / Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: May 13, 2010 40,000,000 — — — [13] 8 ShareGrove USA, San Mateo, California: May 26, 2010 — Kent Libbey, Adam Wolff Elm Street Ventures Facebook Groups [14] 9 Zenbe USA, New York, NY, New York: July 6, 2010 — Tom Alison, Will Bailey ...
Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile [122] through privacy settings. [123] The user's name and profile picture (if applicable) are public. Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.
Eduardo Luiz Saverin (/ ˈ s æ v ər ɪ n / SAV-ər-in, Brazilian Portuguese: [eduˈaʁdu luˈis saveˈɾĩ] ⓘ; born March 19, 1982) [4] is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor, known for having co-founded Facebook. [5] In 2012, he owned about 2% of Facebook shares, [6] valued at approximately $2 billion at the time.
Sean Parker (born December 3, 1979) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook.
Chamath Palihapitiya (born 3 September 1976) [1] is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American venture capitalist and entrepreneur.He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Social Capital, and previously served as an early senior executive at Facebook from 2007 to 2011.
As an early leader at Facebook, he helped shape it into one of the most successful businesses in history. In 2010, Kelly was a candidate in the Democratic primary for California Attorney General. Since his departure from Facebook and campaign for Attorney General, he has become an investor in films, restaurants, and technology start-ups.