Early Facebook Invester Cashes Out Shares for $400 Million

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He invested 500k, came out with 1 billion. So... in 2004 if I had mortgaged my house and put 250k into Facebook, I'd have roughly 500 million now.

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[citation][nom]zbmonsalve[/nom]that guy doesn;t own paypal anymore. he owns some company making spacehips[/citation]

NOOOOO Peter Thiel doesn't even have ANYTHING to do with SpaceX, you are referring to the other co-founder of PayPal : Elon Musk.
Please use Google before posting a comment like that....
 
[citation][nom]spookie[/nom]NOOOOO Peter Thiel doesn't even have ANYTHING to do with SpaceX, you are referring to the other co-founder of PayPal : Elon Musk.Please use Google before posting a comment like that....[/citation]
why google???aren't there other search engines?...it's so funny how everyone goes for google....we hear it so much that we forget there is something else...we are brainwashed
 
I think, at this point, saying 'Google it', is on par with xeroxing and using a q-tip, kleenex, or band-aid vs photocopying something and using cotton swabs, facial tissues or adhesive bandages.
 
The fact that you can make money on plummeting stock is backwards, let alone a billion dollars; one billion dollars exceeds the GDP of some countries.
 
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