Who Owns Facebook? New Website Gives the Answer
A Massachusetts company has launched a website that pinpoints who owns stakes in social networking giant Facebook.
On its website WhoOwnsFacebook.com, Massinvestor Inc., a publisher of venture capital directories, identifies all of the stakeholders in the Silicon Valley company – from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg down to Facebook “enemies” Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra.
The site bills itself as the “Definitive Who’s Who Guide to Facebook Wealth.”
Valuations published by WhoOwnsFacebook.com are based on reports of shares in privately held Facebook going for $34 each, amounting to a total valuation of $85 billion.
With a 24 percent stake valued at $20.4 billion, Zuckerberg ranks as Facebook’s biggest shareholder, according to WhoOwnsFacebook.com.
Next on the list is venture capital firm Accel Partners, which controls a 15 percent stake worth $12.75 billion.
According to WhoOwnsFacebook.com, Zuckerberg and Accel are followed by:
1. Former Facebook employee Dustin Moskovitz, 6 percent stake, $5.1 billion value.
2. Russian Internet holding company Digital Sky Technologies, 5 percent stake, $4.25 billion value.
3. Former Facebook employee Eduardo Saverin, 5 percent stake, $4.25 billion value.
4. Former Facebook employee Sean Parker, 4 percent stake, $3.4 billion value.
5. Private investor Peter Thiel, 3 percent stake, $2.55 billion value.
6. Software behemoth Microsoft, 1.6 percent stake, $1.36 billion value.
7. Venture capital firm Greylock Partners, 1.5 percent stake, $1.275 billion value.
8. Venture capital firm Meritech Capital Partners, 1.5 percent stake, $1.275 billion value.
9. Venture capital firm Elevation Partners, 1.5 percent stake, $1.275 billion value.
10. Private investor Jim Breyer, 1 percent stake, $850 million value.
11. Investment bank Goldman Sachs, 1 percent stake, $850 million value.
12. Former Facebook employee Chris Hughes, 1 percent stake, $850 million value.
13. Private investor Li Ka-Shing, 0.8 percent stake, $680 million value.
14. Former Facebook employee Matt Cohler, 0.8 percent stake, $680 million value.
15. Former Facebook employee Jeff Rothschild, 0.8 percent stake, $680 million value.
16. Former Facebook employee Adam D’Angelo, 0.8 percent stake, $680 million value.
17. Former Facebook employee Owen Van Natta, 0.8 percent stake, $680 million value.
18. Venture debt firm Western Technology Investment, 0.5 percent stake, $425 million value.
19. Private investor Reid Hoffman, 0.5 percent stake, $425 million value.
20. Private investor Mark Pincus, 0.5 percent stake, $425 million value.
21. Advertising and marketing conglomerate Interpublic Group, 0.4 percent stake, $340 million value.
22. Mutual fund company T. Rowe Price, 0.25 percent stake, $212 million value.
23. Private investors Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer, 0 .1 percent, $85 million value.
24. Venture capital firm General Atlantic, 0.1 percent stake, $85 million value.
25. Former Facebook employee Ezra Callahan, 0.08 percent stake, $68 million value.
26. Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 0.073 percent stake, $62 million value.
27. Facebook antagonists Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, 0.022 percent stake for each twin, $18.7 million value for each twin.
28. Winklevoss pal Divya Narendra, 0.022 percent, $18.7 million value.
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