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Why
the "Facebook Freakout" Should Not Discourage
College and Nonprofit Fundraisers
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August 13th, 2012
Leading up to Facebook's IPO, the media, Wall
Street, industry experts and nonprofit consultants
were all excitedly discussing the masses of millionaires
that the social networking company's public offering
would create overnight. As discussed in "The
Market's Facebook Freakout," which appeared
in last week's edition of Business Week, the media's
coverage of Facebook (FB) has since turned into
a bash fest of investors' irrational exuberance.
While it's true that Facebook's
stock is hovering around $20 a share today, down
from a first day peak of $45, the company is still
being valued at an astounding $46.7 billion. With
such a lofty market valuation, Facebook's strategic
investors, senior executives and employees are
all still well positioned to flood their bank
accounts when Facebook's insider lockup periods
pass.
Several other notable technology companies have
seen their IPO lockup periods end over the past
year, minting scores of new
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Prospect
Profiles - Quick Facts |
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Jeff
Weiner |
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CEO,
Linkedin Corp |
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University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, BA |
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Intuit
Inc., Board of Directors |
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Malaria
No More, Board of Directors |
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DonorChoose,
Board of Directors |
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Accumulated
Wealth: $94 Million |
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Mark
Pincus |
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Chairman
& CEO, Zynga |
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University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, BA |
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Harvard
Business School, MBA |
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Co-Founder,
Zynga.org (Zynga's Philanthropy Arm) |
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Chairman,
Tribe Networks, Inc |
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Accumulated
Wealth: $192 Million |
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millionaires. One such
example is Linkedin Corporation (LNKD), which
went public in May of 2011 and is now valued at
over $11 billion. Since its lockup period ended,
Linkedin insiders have sold more than $521 million
in stock of the professional-focused social company,
according to Donor Watch. Similarly, Zynga Inc's,
Angie's List Inc's and Pandora Media's insiders
have sold more than $230 million, $126 million
and $62 million over the past year.
Linkedin's CEO Jeff Weiner, who is a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,
has sold more than $51 million of stock since
the IPO. The company's CFO Steven Sordello (Santa
Clara University - BA and MBA) and its SVP of
Operations David Henke (University of California,
Santa Barbara) have sold nearly $35 million and
$26 million of stock, respectively. Meanwhile,
Pandora Media's Chief Strategist Timothy Westergren
(Stanford University) and Chief Technology Officer
(University of Michigan) sold $7.2 million and
$6 million of Pandora's Stock, respectively.
The complete list of top
sellers for Linkedin, Zynga, Angie's List, Pandora,
as well as companies where your school's alumni
are employed can be accessed from your Donor Watch
account portfolio.
Fortunately for prospect
researchers with subscriptions to
Donor Watch, they do not have
to wade through the myriad of filings where insiders
report their stock sales. Donor Watch's prospecting
tool has powerful summary and analysis features
that provide all of this information at the click
of a button. Donor Watch also provides real-time
email alerts so your team will be notified immediately
following a major wealth creating event.
For more information
about Donor Watch and its top donor prospect targeting
reports, please visit Donor Watch's Website or
signup for a free trial today.
Donor Watch provides its reports and analyses
to the development offices and prospect research
teams at many leading colleges, universities and
nonprofits. Donor Watch's unique and robust set
of research tools empower fund raisers to manage
their relationships with top and high potential
donors.
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