Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo Luiz Saverin is a Brazilian entrepreneur and angel investor. Saverin is one of the co-founders of Facebook. In 2012, he owned 53 million Facebook shares, valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. He also invested in early-stage startups such as Qwiki and Jumio.

  • Saverin cofounded Facebook with Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.
  • Now a venture capitalist, he still derives most of his wealth from his 2% stake in Facebook.
  • In 2016, he launched venture fund B Capital, with BCG and Bain Capital veteran Raj Ganguly.
  • The fund has raised $766 million so far and invests in late-stage tech firms in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
  • A Brazilian native, Saverin has been a Singapore resident since renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2012 ahead of Facebook‘s IPO.

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