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Zuckerberg Moves Up The Forbes 400 List. Net Worth Now $2 Billion
- ecq 17y agocongratulations.
- philwelch 17y agoHas anyone ever been rated a billionaire before based on a VC valuation alone?
- mlinsey 17y agoLooks like Larry and Sergey were rated as worth $1B each by Forbes in 2004. (List was published in February, Google IPO happened in August) http://bit.ly/549cO http://bit.ly/549cO
- spitfire 17y agoI find it really hard to take these lists seriously. How many billionaires (or even millionaires that you know) keep the fact close to their chest? There's probably a lot of quite rich people out there who are more than happy to let you think someone else is richer than them. Keeps the vultures and losers away from them and lets them get on with enjoying life. In fact I'm certain there's quite a few people to go to extensive lengths to stay OUT of lists like this. EDIT: Oh and paper money does not count until you execute your trade. Just ask anyone who was "rich" before the crash.
- borism 17y agoit is also really hard to keep your net worth a secret when it's in billions. I challenge you to give some examples of people who've got that rich (legally) yet kept it a secret.
- murrayh 17y agoI see a flaw in your challenge...
- borism 17y agoor perhaps your self confidence proves my point?
- murrayh 17y agoSorry, I should have explained myself. The literal interpretation of the challenge is a paradox. The contradiction is that a secret is no longer a secret once revealed (hence my comment). I don't think that is what you were trying to convey. You do raise a valid point, but without any supporting evidence, it is thoroughly unconvincing. The absence of X is not enough to conclude that X does not exist (especially when X is being purposefully hidden, as in this case). NOTE: I am not disagreeing with you. I don't know whether or not secret rich people exist.
- jgrahamc 17y agoGood for him. He's created something incredibly valuable that I use frequently for personal and professional reasons and has managed to keep the site growing and functional. This is a cool achievement and if he's worth $2B then so be it.
- tybris 17y agoThat must feel good, but it doesn't buy him much yet.
- borism 17y agoDid he participate in Digital Sky or previous offerings along with other employees? Otherwise his liquidity must be non-existent.
- swalkergibson 17y agoUnless of course he has borrowed against his stock, like many people did during the first bubble. I would hope that he would have the intelligence to not get over extended and count his chickens before they hatch.