Read an article today about the rumored sale of Facebook for $1 billion. The best part of the article is the apparent way found and CEO Mark Zuckerberg deals with the big players Microsoft and Yahoo.
During one series of talks with Microsoft, Facebook executives told their Microsoft peers they couldn’t do an 8 a.m. conference call because the company’s 22-year-old founder and chief executive, Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, wouldn’t be awake, says a person familiar with the talks. Microsoft executives were incredulous.
At one point in the Yahoo negotiations, the talks extended into the weekend, says a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Zuckerberg, this account continues, said he couldn’t take part because his girlfriend was in town. Others pointed out they were closing in on a billion-dollar deal. Mr. Zuckerberg said it didn’t matter: his cellphone would be off, this person says. (via Techcrunch)
I’m not at all shocked by this. If the deal is really worth $1 billion, and if these players are truly interested, I’m fairly confident they can wait until Monday to close the deal most any week of the year.
i think my girlfriend would understand if I told her that instead of seeing me for 2 days to just wait a couple hours and then spend a couple weeks on my new yacht with her billionaire boyfriend.