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by rick888 5363 days ago
He is the ultimate "ideas guy". I believe his net worth is somewhere near $800 million. His value after Napster was his connections to venture capital companies.

Even in high school, he got in trouble for "hacking", which was nothing more than being a script kiddie (he used pre-built exploits to attack military and other computers).
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redthrowaway 5363 days ago
>I believe his net worth is somewhere near $800 million.

With 7% of facebook, his net worth is quite a bit higher. Given a facebook valuation creeping up on $100B, his net worth is probably in the $4-7B range.

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mkopinsky 5363 days ago
Does he still own 7%, or has he been diluted?
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redthrowaway 5363 days ago
I'm sure it's been diluted, but he would have also had options. That's why I gave such a broad guesstimate. i also recall reading an interview with him a while back where they asked, "now that you're a billionaire, is a billion dollars cool?" or some such.

I'd be very surprised if he wasn't worth at least a couple billion.

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blake8086 5363 days ago
Isn't that really valuable?

In fact, isn't it worth $800 million+ in this case?

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