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Amen! It would seem that Parker thinks he can ingratiate himself with promising companies simply by patting himself on the back. The sad part is, it appears to

Amen! It would seem that Parker thinks he can ingratiate himself with promising companies simply by patting himself on the back. The sad part is, it appears to work

rick888 15y 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).
- redthrowaway 15y 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.
  - mkopinsky 15y ago
    Does he still own 7%, or has he been diluted?
    - redthrowaway 15y 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.
- blake8086 15y ago
  Isn't that really valuable? In fact, isn't it worth $800 million+ in this case?