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Facebook announces that it is acquiring the Sequoia Capital-backed multi-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp for US$16 billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares) plus an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp's founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] At Harvard, Hughes met and was recruited by Mark Zuckerberg , who was still working in the early stages of the website. During their summer break in 2004, Hughes and Zuckerberg traveled to Palo Alto, California .
Graffiti in Berlin of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; the caption is a reference to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, December 2008 .
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 2012, he owned about 2% of Facebook shares, [6] valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. [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]
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.
An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some CEOs hired by companies started by entrepreneurs.