Gawker: Facebook's equity distribution structure Zuckerberg holds 24% of the shares

Facebook employees hold more shares than Zuckerberg, and the company could make $30 billion in profit after going public

According to foreign media reports on December 16, 2011, Facebook will launch an IPO (initial public offering) next year, which is expected to create a wealth legend and make employees and investors rich overnight.

If Facebook's valuation is $100 billion as previously reported by the media, then Facebook employees own 30% of the shares, worth $30 billion; founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg owns 24%, equivalent to about $24 billion.

Investment institutions also made a lot of money. The main details are as follows: DST (10%, worth $10 billion), Accel Partners (8%, worth $8 billion), Goldman Sachs (0.8%, worth $800 million), and Microsoft (1.3%, worth $1.3 billion).

In addition, the two co-founders who have left Facebook, Dustin Moskowitz and Eduardo Saverin, have respectively gained 6% of the shares (equivalent to $6 billion) and 5% of the shares (equivalent to $5 billion), while Sean Parker, the former president of Facebook, has a 4% stake (equivalent to $4 billion).