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Brian Acton, the co-founder mentioned at the beginning of the blog post, resigned from Facebook in 2017 over early steps toward this and forfeited $850 million
by mattficke 6y ago
Brian Acton, the co-founder mentioned at the beginning of the blog post, resigned from Facebook in 2017 over early steps toward this and forfeited $850 million as a result [0].
[0]:https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive...
- LeifCarrotson 6y agoWow, talk about putting your money where your mouth is. On the one hand, he had to forsee this happening when he sold to Facebook, and he was worth $3.6 billion at the time of the decision anyways, so it wasn't like me with my 5-figure net worth refusing a jump to 9, it was an abandonment of more like 25%, but still. That's a lot of money to leave on the table.
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