Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO

Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network at as much as $96 billion, a move that may reduce his tax bill. Facebook plans to raise as much as $11.8 billion through the IPO, the biggest in history for an Internet company. Saverinā€™s stake is about 4 percent, according to the website Who Owns Facebook. At the high end of the IPO valuation, that would be worth about $3.84 billion. His holdings arenā€™t listed in Facebookā€™s regulatory filings.
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Matthew saidā€¦
I'm going to laugh my behind off when FB eventually goes belly up. But then again, how will all my "friends" know that I just got done mowing my grass and now I'm relaxing with a tall cold glass of lemonade?

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