Investors who sold stock in Facebook IPO
Facebook Inc. sold 180 million of its shares in its initial public stock offering in May. Another 241.2 million came from existing stockholders, including the company’s earliest investors and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Except for Zuckerberg, those stockholders were eligible to sell additional shares — up at 271 million combined — starting Thursday.
Here’s a look at early Facebook Inc. investors who sold stock in the IPO:
— Mark Zuckerberg
Number of shares sold in IPO: 30.2 million
— James Breyer and Accel Partners, where he’s a partner
Year invested in Facebook: 2005
Number of shares sold: 57.7 million
— Peter Thiel, managing partner at The Founders Fund and PayPal co-founder
Year invested in Facebook: 2004
Amount invested: $500,000
Number of shares sold in IPO: 16.8 million
— DST Global Ltd. and affiliates, a London-based investment firm focused on Internet companies, founded by Russian investor Yuri Milner
Year invested in Facebook: 2009 and late 2010
Number of shares sold in IPO: 45.7 million
— Goldman Sachs and affiliates, investment bank and one of the IPO’s underwriters
Year invested in Facebook: 2011
Number of shares sold in IPO: 24.3 million
— Elevation Partners, private equity firm focused on media and technology and affiliates
Year invested in Facebook: Undisclosed
Number of shares sold: 4.6 million
— Greylock Partners, Silicon Valley venture capital firm and affiliates
Year invested in Facebook: 2006
Number of shares sold: 7.6 million
— Mail.ru Group Ltd., Russian Internet company
Year invested in Facebook: 2009
Number of shares sold: 19.6 million
— Mark Pincus, Zynga Inc. CEO
Year invested in Facebook: 2004
Number of shares sold: 1 million
— Meritech Capital Partners, venture capital firm focused on late-stage investments
Year invested in Facebook: 2006
Number of shares sold: 7 million
— Microsoft Corp.
Year invested in Facebook: 2007
Amount invested: $240 million
Number of shares sold: 6.6 million
— Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn Corp. and affiliates
Year invested in Facebook: 2004
Number of shares sold: 942,784
— Tiger Global Management, New York-based investment firm
Year invested in Facebook: Undisclosed
Number of shares sold: 19.1 million
— Other, smaller stockholders are offered another 76,635 shares
Source: Facebook Inc. and Associated Press research
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