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Eight-Five Percent of Facebook’s Revenue Was From Ads In 2011

Amit Chowdhry | February 5, 2012 | 430 views | Add a Comment
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SplatF.com has put together a useful chart that displays Facebook’s revenue break-down from the past 3 years. While we already know that Facebook generates most of their revenue from advertising, what we did not know was how much they have diversified. In 2011, Facebook revealed in their IPO filing that 85% of their ad revenue was from advertising and 15% was from payments and other fees.

Mark Zuckerberg Has A Tax Liability Of $1.5 Billion This Year

Amit Chowdhry | February 4, 2012 | 470 views | Add a Comment
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is facing a tax liability of $1.5 billion this year. This makes him one of the highest taxpayers. The taxes will fall due to the vast profit of about $5 billion that Mark Zuckerberg plans on taking from stock options he was given in 2005 for acting as Facebook’s CEO.

Why Some Wealth Managers Are Having A Hard Time Recommending Facebook

Amit Chowdhry | February 3, 2012 | 476 views | Add a Comment
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Facebook is anticipated as being one of the hottest IPOs of the year. However some wealth managers are having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. When Facebook goes public, the social network company is expected to hit a valuation between $75 and $100 billion. This means that they are the most anticipated stock offering from Silicon Valley since Google went public 8 years ago.

Grafitti Artist David Choe May Make $200 Million When Facebook Goes Public

Amit Chowdhry | February 2, 2012 | 439 views | Add a Comment
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Grafitti artist David Choe took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls at the company’s first headquarters. That was a great move because his stock may be worth $200 million when the company goes public later this year. Facebook announced a $5 billion public offering on Wednesday afternoon that would value the company at between $75-$100 billion.

Facebook Files For $5 Billion IPO. Here Are The Numbers.

Amit Chowdhry | February 1, 2012 | 419 views | Add a Comment
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Facebook has just filed for an IPO. The social network company is looking to raise about $5 billion. Hundreds, or possibly thousands, of employees at the company will become millionaires as a result. This is great news for the tech community because this means that there will be a lot more angel investors created as a result. Here are some of the numbers based on the S-1 that the company filed.

REPORT: Facebook Actually Looking To Raise $5 Billion, Not $10 Billion From IPO

Amit Chowdhry | January 31, 2012 | 402 views | Add a Comment
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A new report now states that Facebook is expected to raise $5 billion according to a preliminary IPO prospectus rather than the $10 billion from earlier reports. However this could be increased by investor demand. The smaller deal size is due to a decision to start with a conservative base before deciding to increase.

Facebook To File For IPO As Early As Wednesday

Amit Chowdhry | January 27, 2012 | 572 views | Add a Comment
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Facebook is expected to file papers for an IPO next week on Wednesday. The IPO is expected to value the company at between $75 and $100 billion. Morgan Stanley is expected to close the deal for underwriting the IPO. Goldman Sachs is also expected to play a large role in the deal. Other executives are saying considering filing a few weeks from now.

Facebook Forcing Users To Set Up Timeline In A Week

Amit Chowdhry | January 24, 2012 | 473 views | Add a Comment
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Based on what I have seen, either people really like the Facebook Timeline or they really hate it. For those of you that do not like the feature, unfortunately you will have to upgrade in about a week. Facebook is rolling out the Timeline feature for everybody starting next week.

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