Google spent approximately $600 million for the development and launch of Google+ social network, this  can be equivalent to the price of News Corp.’s MySpace. There are about 500 Google+ employees and the average annual salary of these employees is $ 250,000. Google+ took advantage of the technology and talent from Google’s 3 acquisitions; 1. […]
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17
Jan
Actual Owners of Facebook – Pie Chart
Here is a comprehensive information of who actually owns what from the GIGANTIC Blue pie, Facebook. Stakeholders shown in this pie chart: Facebook staff: 30% Co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: 24% Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz: 6% Co-founder Eduardo Saverin: 5% Napster’s Sean Parker, Founding President of Facebook: 4% Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment firm: ~10% […]
13
Jan
Facebooks Valuation and Investments as on January 2011
Facebook was started as thefacebook.com  in Feb 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and changed to Facebook  in year 2005. In year Sep 2004, Facebook received $500,000 from Peter Thiel as an investment and in 2004 the company was valued at $5 Million. In Jan 2011,  Facebook received $500 Million from Goldman Sachs and DST […]