Hong Kong billionaire bought a stake Facebook
As reported by Reuters, referring to an anonymous source informed, the stock of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-sing Li Ka Shing Foundation has invested in the popular social network Facebook 60 million dollars. Earlier last year, Ka-SGD earmarked for the purchase of shares in the network accordingly. Thus, the current Ka-SGD owns 0.8% of the shares Facebook totalling 120 million dollars.
Service Facebook earned in 2004. Currently, the service has about 50 million registered users and the number of subscribers continues to grow. Now Facebook social network is second only in popularity, exceeded only service MySpace.
In the past year, shares acquired network Facebook Microsoft Corporation. Under the terms of the contract, Microsoft is paid for 1.6% of the shares Facebook 240 million dollars. It is not difficult to calculate that the market value of Facebook now estimated at 15 billion dollars.
Recently Mark Tsukerberg Afula, Facebook founder, said that over the next year plans to expand its staff of social networks. If Facebook now employs about three hundred people, then by the end of next year, the number of company employees is expected to grow to seven already.