UPeter Thiel unezabelo ezingama-44.7 zezigidi ze-Facebook ngexesha le-IPO ngo-2012.Ifoto nguAlex Wong / Getty Izithombe U-Silion Valley ozizigidi zezigidi zexesha elizayo uPeter Thiel ubhale itsheki yokuqala kuFacebook ebuyela e2004 xa inkampani yayisisiqalo nje sokulala sabantu abathathu esasungulwa nguMark Zuckerberg. Ukukhula okumangalisayo kwenkampani kule minyaka ilandelayo kwenza ukuba iThiel ityebe kakhulu. Kodwa kwiminyaka yakutshanje, umtyalomali ebesele ethe cwaka ekudibaniseni ne-media media enkulu njengoko igama lakhe esidlangalaleni lisokola kunye nembono yenzuzo incipha.
Njengento entsha Ukufayilwa kwe-SEC ityhilwe, kwiveki ephelileyo uThiel ulahle i-80% yesabelo sakhe esele sincinci kuFacebook, malunga nezigidi ezili-11 zeedola, kwimicimbi emibini. Ukuthengiswa kuye kwamshiya ene-9,948 kuphela kwizabelo ze-Facebook, okanye i-0.000004% yenkampani, exabisa i-2 yezigidi zeedola njengexabiso lokuvala likaFacebook ngoMvulo.
UThiel utyale imali engange-500, 000 yeedola kuFacebook ngehlobo lowe-2004 emva kokudibana noZuckerberg kunye nabaseki bakhe, uChris Hughes noDustin Moskovitz, eSan Francisco. Ude wathenga uZuckerberg imoto entsha-i-Infiniti SUV, uHughes ukhumbule kwi Isincoko esenzelwe wena kunyaka ophelileyo-ukuthatha indawo yeJeep endala i-CEO ye-Facebook yayiqhuba.
Kwiminyaka esibhozo kamva, xa u-Facebook wafaka ingxelo esidlangalaleni kwi-Nasdaq ngo-2012, uThiel wayenezabelo ezingama-44.7 yezigidi, okanye i-2.5% yenkampani. Esi sigxina sinokuxabisa phantse iidola ezili-10 zeedola namhlanje, ukuba ebengathengisanga naziphi na izabelo kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Ibeyi ixelwe ukuba uThiel, umxhasi wezwi likaDonald Trump ngexesha lonyulo luka-2016, wayengomnye wabacebisi abaphambili kwimigaqo-nkqubo yomxholo ophikisayo we-Facebook ukuba angajongi izibhengezo zezopolitiko. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi nomntu ocinga ukuba ulilungisa njengoThiel akakwazanga kuhlala phantsi xa isikhalazo esidlangalaleni siqala ukuluma kwi-Facebook.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, u-Facebook uxele kumvuzo wakhe wekota yesine ukuba inkcitho kwi-2019 inyuse i-51% kunyaka ophelileyo, ikakhulu ngenxa yotyalo mali olwenziwe ukuphucula ubumfihlo nokhuseleko eqongeni. Kumnxeba nabanini zabelo, UZuckerberg walumkisa owama-2020 uzakuba ngunyaka onamandla, njengoko inkampani izilungiselela unyulo luka-2020.
