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2012-05-18T19:31:00Z

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Facebook made a lot of people millionaires but it made 10 people billionaires.

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The stock opened today at $38 per share.

Using that price, Bloomberg calculated the net worth of Facebook's richest employees and investors. They're now worth ten or eleven figures.

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Chris Hughes, cofounder of Facebook, is now worth $935 million

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Who he is: Cofounder of Facebook, college classmate of Mark Zuckerberg's.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $835 million

Net worth: $935 million

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Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's COO. She's now worth $1 billion.

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Who she is: Facebook's COO, former Googler.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $1 billion

Net worth: $1 billion

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Yuri Milner is now worth $1.1 billion

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Who he is: Milner is the founder of DST, which made a big investment in Facebook. He owns ~ 12.5% of DST's Facebook shares.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $400 million

Net worth: $1.1 billion

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Zynga founder Mark Pincus is now worth $1.3 billion

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Who he is: Founder of Zynga; he had a lot of patents around social networking which secured him a good chunk of Facebook shares.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $164 million

Net worth: $1.3 billion

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Peter Thiel doubled his net worth via his Facebook investment. He's now worth $2.7 billion.

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Who he is: Peter Thiel, who manages Founders Fund, was the first outside investor in Facebook; he put in half a million in 2004.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $1.06 billion

Net worth: $2.7 billion

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Eduardo Saverin, the cofounder who infamously sued Facebook, is now worth $2.7 billion

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Who he is: Cofounder of Facebook

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $2.9 billion

Net worth: $2.7 billion

*Note: We're not sure what happened to the other .2 billion, but part of it could be taxes Saverin owes to both the US and Singapore, where he is now a permanent resident.

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Sean Parker was Facebook's first president. He's now worth $2.8 billion.

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Who he is: Facebook's first president.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $2.5 billion

Net worth: $2.8 billion

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Dustin Moskovitz cofounded Facebook. He's worth $5.1 billion.

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Who he is: Facebook cofounder, cofounder of Asana

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $5.1 billion

Net worth: $5.1 billion

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Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov is worth $17.1 billion

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Who he is: Usmanov is the richest man in Russia. He owns ~ 80% of Digital Sky's 85.6 million Facebook shares.

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $5 billion

Net worth: $17.1 billion

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Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO and cofounder of Facebook. His net worth is $19.3 billion.

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Who he is: CEO and cofounder of Facebook

Value of Facebook stake at $38/share: $19.1 billion

Net worth: $19.3 billion

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