Hopefully You Didn't Buy Facebook When It Was A $141 Billion Company

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Hopefully You Didn't Buy Facebook When It Was A $141 Billion Company Facebook is reportedly preparing to raise $10 billion in an IPO that will value the company at $100 billion in the first half of the next year. It'll be a great day for many of Facebook's employees who will be able to sell their stock in the company getting a nice return. It will not be such a great day for investors who bought Facebook shares on the private markets at prices above an implied valuation of $100 billion. As you can see in this chart, which is based on data from private marketplace SharesPost, Facebook's valuation spiked as high as $141 billion earlier this year. Whoever paid that price better hope Facebook's stock pops on day one, or that company's valuation climbs over time. We'll be talking about private markets and how they affect investors and startups tomorrow at IGNITION. Stay tuned to the site to hear what Second Market CEO Barry Silbert and SharesPost CEO David Weir think of this chart and the Facebook IPO. Read » Also On SAI Today: Microsoft Office Coming To iPad Next Year, Says Report I Dream In Zelda: How Skyward Sword Changed My Life Here Are The 20 Most Shared Articles On Facebook In 2011 You Aren't The Only One Annoyed By This Infuriating Tweak In Google Search Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Holy Crap! Groupon Tanked Another 9% Today CHART OF THE DAY: There Are Only 4 Degrees Of Separation In The World CHART OF THE DAY: Netflix's Bad Stock Timing Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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