Scumbag Zuckerberg: Email koji je poslao svom suosnivaču kad ga je izbacivao iz Facebooka

Facebook izlazi na burzu, a prije nekoliko dana se digla prašina oko Eduarda Severina, jednog od osnivača Facebooka, jer se odriče američkog državljanstva i odlazi živjeti u Singapur zbog plaćanja manje poreza. Severin ne radi u Facebooku od 2005. godine, a danas je izašlo na vidjelo kako se razišao s Zuckerbergom.

Prema izvoru bliskom Business Insideru, Severin je vodio poslovni dio Facebooka u početku, a Zuckerberg je razvijao aplikaciju. S obzirom da se Severin nije preselio u Silicijsku dolinu nego je ostao na Istočnoj obali razvijati svoj startup, Zuckerberg je odlučio smanjiti njegov udio i to na način da je osnovao novu tvrtku koja je kupila staru i raspodijelio udjele svima, a samim time smanjio Severinov. Tada 20-godišnji Zuckerberg je pitao svog odvjetnika kako bi bilo moguće smanjiti Severinov udio na 10 posto, a da to nebude očito:

[Redacted],

This email should probably be attorney-client privileged, not quite how to do that though.

Anyhow, Sean and I have agreed that a price of one-half cent per share is the way to go for now. We think we can maybe almost justify and if not, we’ll just deal with it later.

We also agreed that if the company bonusing us the amount we need for the shares, plus tax, is a good solution to the problem of us all being completely broke.

As far as Eduardo goes, I think it’s safe to ask for his permission to make grants. Especially if we do it in conjunction with raising money. It’s probably even OK to say how many shares we’re adding to the pool. It’s probably less OK to tell him who’s getting the shares, just because he might have adverse reaction initially. But I think we may even be able to make him understand that.

Is there a way to do this without making it painfully apparent to him that he’s being diluted to 10%?

OK, that’s all for now. I’ll send you the list of grants I need made in another email in a second. Sean can send you grants for his people when he stops coughing up his lungs.

Hope you guys both feel better,
Mark

U emailu se spominje i Sean Parker, jedan od prvih investitora u Facebook. Kako je to ispalo u “Social network” filmu, možete pogledati u nastavku.

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Iako ga je odvjetnik upozorio, Zuckerberg je napravio po svome, Severin se naljutio i s Facebookom nagodio. Danas Severinu pripada oko 5 posto kompanije što čini oko 5 milijardi dolara u iznosu. Iako je možda ispao gubitnik, Zuckerberg je dobio ono što je htio – smanjio je Severinom udjel čak i više od inicijalne ideje.