Facebook IPO, interesting facts inside the SEC filing
(CBS) - Facebook filed for its initial public offering today after markets closed. TechCrunch reported the Security and Exchange Commission's website crashed soon after. It seems to be up, for now. The social network plans to raise $5 billion.
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Facebook IPO, Mark Zuckerberg's new challenges
Here are some interesting details we found in Facebook's prospectus.
Proposed ticker symbol: FB
Mark Zuckerberg's compensation in 2011 was $1.49 million
Sheryl Sandberg's compensation in 2011 was $30.9 million
There are 845 million monthly active users on Facebook
Total revenue for 2011 was $3.7 billion
That makes each Facebook profile worth about $43.79
More than 100 billion friend connections on Facebook as of December 31, 2011.
Facebook is offering up 117,097,143 shares of Class A common stock and 1,758,902,390 shares of Class B
Mark Zuckerberg has 56.9% voting power before IPO
Full time employees as of December 31, 2011 is 3,200
Advertising accounted for 85% of Facebook revenue in 2011
425 million monthly average users used Facebook mobile products in December 2011
$7 billion worth of virtual goods via Platform developers were sold in 2010, up from $2 billion in 2007
Facebook considers losing Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg as a risk factor
Mark Zuckerberg's controlling vote in key decisions is considered a risk factor
Zynga accounted for approximately 12% of Facebook's revenue
