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Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by Jimmie »

dkokelley wrote: post #22
xpose2000 wrote: post #8

Man, this kid is having the time of his life right now. How can any guy beat IPO + married in two days? Good for him, and take that vacation while you still can! From what I hear, the pressure starts to build when your a public company. Those quarterly earnings should be interesting.

Yeah, pressure from people who have authority to fire you. I don't think that's the case for Zuckerberg. "Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56 percent of its voting stock." ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47491836/ns/business/ ) Does anyone know what sort of recourse the minority shareholders and the other 44% voting…

AFAIK just sell out and tank the price.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by stephengillie »

amateurguru wrote: post #12
stephengillie wrote: post #5

As erdemozkan stated in a duplicate discussion: Mark married Priscilla one day after the IPO. That means they were waiting for IPO to get married. Sorry for asking a question that may seem obvious to others, but why were they waiting for the IPO? Is it for financial or legal reasons, such as a Community Property State? Did Zuckerberg sign a prenuptial agreement? An internet search implies he didn't. This reminds me o…

> Did Zuckerberg sign a prenuptial agreement? An internet search implies he didn't. Yes. That's exactly the kind of questions that Google helps you solve.

Given the sheer quantity of eyeballs on this story, I expect that the world would know if it exists.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by sliverstorm »

dkokelley wrote: post #22
xpose2000 wrote: post #8

Man, this kid is having the time of his life right now. How can any guy beat IPO + married in two days? Good for him, and take that vacation while you still can! From what I hear, the pressure starts to build when your a public company. Those quarterly earnings should be interesting.

Yeah, pressure from people who have authority to fire you. I don't think that's the case for Zuckerberg. "Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56 percent of its voting stock." ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47491836/ns/business/ ) Does anyone know what sort of recourse the minority shareholders and the other 44% voting…

Err... is it normal for there to be recourse? If you do not have a controlling interest, you do not have control. That's that. If you aren't comfortable with that, sell.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

#34

Post by Tuna-Fish »

dkokelley wrote: post #22
xpose2000 wrote: post #8

Man, this kid is having the time of his life right now. How can any guy beat IPO + married in two days? Good for him, and take that vacation while you still can! From what I hear, the pressure starts to build when your a public company. Those quarterly earnings should be interesting.

Yeah, pressure from people who have authority to fire you. I don't think that's the case for Zuckerberg. "Even after the IPO, Zuckerberg remains Facebook's single largest shareholder, with 503.6 million shares. And he controls the company with 56 percent of its voting stock." ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47491836/ns/business/ ) Does anyone know what sort of recourse the minority shareholders and the other 44% voting…

Well, he still has fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders, so they can sue him if he does something clearly stupid.

Given how long such lawsuits take, it will of course be too late by then.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by sliverstorm »

gilrain wrote: post #16
stephengillie wrote: post #5

As erdemozkan stated in a duplicate discussion: Mark married Priscilla one day after the IPO. That means they were waiting for IPO to get married. Sorry for asking a question that may seem obvious to others, but why were they waiting for the IPO? Is it for financial or legal reasons, such as a Community Property State? Did Zuckerberg sign a prenuptial agreement? An internet search implies he didn't. This reminds me o…

I would marry someone I trusted to death and beyond, compared to which trusting with mere property is trivial. Yes, it's a risk... there's a saying about risk, though, isn't there? Let's give Mark the benefit of the doubt and assume he's marrying for love.

I would marry someone I trusted to death and beyond

Of course, but as a rational being you ought to understand you are fallible, and may occasionally misplace trust, no?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by hej »

unimpressive wrote: post #24
gilrain wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would marry someone I trusted to death and beyond, compared to which trusting with mere property is trivial. Yes, it's a risk... there's a saying about risk, though, isn't there? Let's give Mark the benefit of the doubt and assume he's marrying for love.

>mere property Mark's stake in Facebook is a lot of mere property.

That should make it easier, right?

No matter what, a divorce will never leave him not incredibly rich. He might care about something that’s not mere property (like always keeping control over Facebook until he decides he doesn’t want to anymore), but as long as we are talking about mere property, the amount should make it easier.

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