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I keep hearing on CNBC that the Facebook IPO was a flop

post #1 of 10
6/5/12 at 5:34pm
Thread Starter 

The FB ipo was failure?

 

Oh reallllly... Below is a list of people that would disagree.

 

 

I think the general public need a reminder than an IPO does not mean free money for you. An IPO means free money for everybody who got into the IPO before you.

 

 

 

 
MarkZuckerberg.jpg
Mark Zuckerberg bio
Chairman and CEO, Facebook
Net worth (before IPO): $18.95bn
Number of shares: 533,801,850
DustinMoskovitz.jpg
Dustin Moskovitz bio
Co-Founder, Facebook
Net worth (before IPO): $4.8bn
Number of shares: 133,698,645
SeanParker.jpg
Sean Parker bio
Managing Partner at the Founders Fund
Net worth (before IPO): $2.5bn
Number of shares: 69,653,657
EduardoSaverin.jpg
Eduardo Saverin bio
Co-Founder of Facebook
Net worth (before IPO): $2.7bn
Number of shares: 45,530,281.7
bono.jpg
Elevation Partners bio
Venture Capital Firm
Net worth (before IPO): N/A
Number of shares: 40,109,645
PeterThiel.jpg
Peter A. Thiel bio
Director of Facebook
Net worth (before IPO): $1.45bn
Number of shares: 32,875,670
KevinSystrom.jpg
Kevin Systrom
Founder, Instagram
Net worth (before IPO): $420m
Number of shares: 9,333,333
MarcAndreessen.jpg
Marc L. Andreessen bio
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Net worth (before IPO): $820m
Number of shares: 6,607,131
MarkPincus.jpg
Mark Pincus
Co-founder of Zynga
Net worth (before IPO): N/A
Number of shares: 5,313,920
ReidHoffman.jpg
Reid Hoffman bio
Founder of LinkedIn
Net worth (before IPO): $2.35bn
Number of shares: 4,713,920
MikeKrieger.jpg
Mike Krieger
Co-Founder, Instagram
Net worth (before IPO): $100m
Number of shares: 2,333,333
SherylSandberg.jpg
Sheryl K. Sandberg* bio
COO, Facebook
Net worth (before IPO): $69m
Number of shares: 1,899,986

Sources: Net worth and shareholdings courtesy of Wealth-X.com, Share quotes courtesy of Google Finance
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post #2 of 10
6/5/12 at 5:37pm
well they may not say flop but im sure they arent pleased with the results after initial expectations by the world and them included...
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post #3 of 10
6/5/12 at 5:44pm
words or phrases i would choose are ...

let down
disappointment

but when you have such lofty even infinite expectations as some had and you dont even come close to the low end of them they will say...

flop
disaster
etc lol
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post #4 of 10
6/5/12 at 5:45pm
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When your initial entry is between $0 and $10, you are more than pleased.

 

There is not one disappointed shareholder in that list above.

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post #5 of 10
6/5/12 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by StockJock-e View Post

When your initial entry is between $0 and $10, you are more than pleased.

There is not one disappointed shareholder in that list above.

i would disagree biggrin.gif
disappointment has only to do with expectations...if they had low expectations and thought it would be 25% lower than ipo pps then no they arent disappointed
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no they arent poor and prolly not sorry they went public at this point...just not as happy as they thought they would be...you can be happy/content and disappointed at the same time
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post #6 of 10
6/5/12 at 6:08pm

Anchors are just mad as they bought into it and went south.. thats about it.

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post #7 of 10
6/5/12 at 7:07pm

well they first messed up in giving the people what they wanted... i.e. dispensing, in full, shares of FB for the IPO price on the IPO date. smh at the idiot who thought this was a good idea. no one wants what they can have. they want things they can't have.

 

2ndly, i'm willing to bet the anchors don't even own FB.. they just pretend to so they can relate & empathize w/ the massive amount of people who got F'd over.. and then watch their ratings skyrocket lol!!!

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post #8 of 10
6/5/12 at 7:45pm

i dont think theyre allowed to own any stocks at all actually.

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post #9 of 10
6/5/12 at 7:55pm

ah so no offshore accounts or things which arnt bound by US law then either ;)  lol i doubt that.

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post #10 of 10
6/5/12 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by MaX PL View Post

i dont think theyre allowed to own any stocks at all actually.

 

Im pretty sure they can own stocks, they just cant trade on inside information or anything that is not public. Eg knowing which CEO is coming onto Cramers show and buying the stock ahead of time knowing what kind of questions and answers are going to be on the program. (But Im sure they do it anyway)

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