Facebook's IPO: 11 People Becoming Ridiculously Rich

Facebook's IPO: 11 People Becoming Ridiculously Rich

May 17, 2012

Peter Thiel

The billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder was Facebook’s first outside investor, plowing $500,000 into the company in 2004. Thiel now has 44.7 million shares – a stake worth $1.7 billion or more – but is selling almost 17 million of those shares in the IPO.
The billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder was Facebook’s first outside investor, plowing $500,000 into the company in 2004. Thiel now has 44.7 million shares – a stake worth $1.7 billion or more – but is selling almost 17 million of those sprevnext

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<strong>Deal Size:</strong> $10.316 billion<br/><strong>Date:</strong> May 19, 2011<p>Glencore is the world's largest diversified commodities trader, with more than 57,000 employees. Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, the company went public on the Londo

The 14 Biggest IPOs in History