[ChuckMcM]

The good news is that since the employees owned some we can be sure that they saw some of that 119M$. That being said their site died :-)

[1] Random note: It seems to me that that KK would be the appropriate unit for millions (thousand-thousands) and MM would be Million Millions or (10^12, or trillions.

[sjtgraham]

Mille, i.e. Latin for a thousand. Thus MM = 1000 x 1000 = 1,000,000.

I rarely see MM used to denote a million outside the financial world. I have never seen a job, for example listing remuneration as "circa 120M" meaning 120,000

[eli]

It's widely used in advertising/marketing. CPM is Cost Per Thousand.

[sjtgraham]

> I rarely see MM used to denote a million outside the financial world.

[eli]

Yes, MM is used with some frequency in advertising and marketing to denote million.

[ry0ohki]

Thanks, I've always wondered why people used MM, it made no sense to me.

[baru]

Wouldn't MM mean 2000 in Roman numerals? Like in MMXII. http://xkcd.com/927/

[brudgers]

If you do the math, very few employees will retire.

FU money @ $7 million requires about 6% ownership.

And that's assuming their wasn't a high multiple liquidation preference for any of the investors.

[Investors here: http://www.slideshare.net/about/investors]

That's not to say a couple of hundred thousand dollars for being an employee isn't bad. But the chef isn't going to become a millionaire.

[wtvanhest]

I don't know about you, but if I made $500,000 on a company sale then got another job, that $500,000 would go a long way in helping me save for retirement or cut down bills.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with shooting for a massive exit, but I don't think it is reasonable to hate on a multimillion dollar exit.

[gordonbowman]

Keep in mind the upside of LNKD stock. Still probably not enough to retire for most but the upside is substantial.

[fennecfoxen]

The upside potential of LNKD? Depends who you ask.

http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/LNKD.aspx

856 'Underperform' to 196 'Outperform'? Sounds like somebody is bearish! (disclaimer: as i'm sure is quite obvious the Motley Fool community KNOWS EVERYTHING and is NEVER WRONG. coughcough)

[nikcub]

this would have cleared any liquidity hurdles, easily. it is a kick-ass outcome for the founders. the investors probably got 10x over 4 years.