Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo P. Saverin

Saverin in 2010
Born March 19, 1982 (1982-03-19) (age 29)[1]
São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater Harvard University
Known for Co-founder of Facebook
Net worth US$2.75 billion (2011)[2]

Eduardo P. Saverin (born March 19, 1982)[3] is a Brazilian-born American internet entrepreneur and investor. Saverin is best known for co-founding Facebook, along with Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.[4] He is reported to have a 5% stake in the company,[5][6] worth about US$2.75 billion as of January 2011.[7]

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Personal life

Eduardo Saverin was born in São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, to a wealthy Brazilian Jewish family,[8][9][10][11] and was raised in Miami, Florida, United States. Eduardo's father was a Brazilian industrialist working in export, clothing, shipping, and real estate.[12]

Saverin attended Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, and went on to Harvard University, where he was a member of the Phoenix S.K. Club, and president of the Harvard Investment Association. While an undergraduate at Harvard, Saverin made $300,000 by strategic investments in the oil industry by taking advantage of lax insider trading regulations in Brazil. [1] [12][13] In 2006, Saverin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Economics. He is a brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (Eta Psi chapter of Harvard University). He is currently living in Singapore since January 2011.[5]

Facebook

During his junior year at Harvard University, Saverin met fellow Harvard classmate sophomore Mark Zuckerberg. Noting the lack of a dedicated social networking website for Harvard students, the two worked together to launch The Facebook in 2004. As co-founder, Saverin held the role of CFO and business manager.[14] As Facebook rapidly expanded to universities across the US, internal conflicts and differences of opinion between Saverin and Zuckerberg arose. The following summer, as Saverin was staying in New York (where he worked briefly as an intern at Lehman Brothers), The Facebook relocated operations to California, having already attracted interest as a fast-growing Silicon Valley start-up.

After outside investors—principally venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and an early employee of the file-sharing service Napster, Sean Parker—took control of the start-up's finances and capital needs and backed Zuckerberg as its CEO, Saverin's direct involvement and influence diminished.

A lawsuit filed by Saverin against Facebook was settled out of court. Though terms of the settlement were sealed, the company affirmed Saverin's title as co-founder of Facebook. Saverin signed a non-disclosure contract after the settlement.[15]

He has liquidated at least $250 million worth of Facebook stock through late venture rounds and secondary markets such as SecondMarket, as of late 2010, according to Forbes Magazine.

Depictions in media

In the 2010 film The Social Network—which depicts the relationship between Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg from the creation of Facebook to Saverin taking legal action against Zuckerberg—Saverin is played by actor Andrew Garfield.[16]

Investments

References

  1. ^ "Eduardo Saverin". Enotes.com Reference. http://www.enotes.com/topic/Eduardo_Saverin. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  2. ^ Eduardo Saverin topic page. Forbes.com. Retrieved March 2011.
  3. ^ "America's Youngest Billionaires". Forbes. October 6, 2010. http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/06/americas-youngest-billionaires-business-young-billionaires.html. 
  4. ^ Mezrich, Ben. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, 2009. pg. number?
  5. ^ a b Miguel Helft (January 20, 2011). "Facebook Co-Founder Backs Start-Up". New York Times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/facebook-co-founder-backs-startup/. Retrieved August 10, 2011. 
  6. ^ Kiss, Jemima (January 4, 2011). "SEC may force Facebook flotation". The Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/04/sec-may-force-facebook-flotation/. Retrieved 2011-05-5. 
  7. ^ Facebook revalued after investment. Newstalk.ie (January 4, 2011). Retrieved on January 28, 2011.
  8. ^ THE JCThe Jewish Chronicle, Jennifer Lipman, October 14, 2010
  9. ^ The Accidental Billionaires, Ben Mezrich, Random House Inc, 2010
  10. ^ Zuckerberg: jovem, bilionário e... trapaceiro? Lucas Amorim, Info Exame, 20/08/2009
  11. ^ Zuckerberg teria passado para trás amigo brasileiro Gustavo Chacra, Estadao, estadao.com.br, Atualizado: 2/10/2010
  12. ^ a b Conheça Eduardo Saverin, o brasileiro que ajudou a fundar o Facebook October 22, 2010 – 07h01 / Atualizada 12/11/2010 GUILHERME TAGIAROLI E ANA IKEDA
  13. ^ "A Facebook Tale: Founder Unfriends Pals on Way Up", NPR
  14. ^ Mezrich, The Accidental Billionaires, pg. number?
  15. ^ Carvalho dos Santos, Alexandre; Marcelo Rainho (October 2009). "A misteriosa história do brasileiro que fundou o Facebook" (in Portuguese). Superinteressante (São Paulo: Editora Abril) (270): 94–97. ISSN 0104-1789. OCLC 60743498. 
  16. ^ "Ben Mezrich Oct 23 Uncensored Radio Interview". Conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com. 2010-10-23. http://conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com/entry/index/2010-10-23T08_05_51-07_00/. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
  17. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/exclusive-facebook-co-founder-eduardo-saverin-leads-6-5m-round-for-jumio/
  18. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/qwiki-8-million-saverin/

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