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Has Facebook's Value Plunged from $15B to Just $500M?

Posted Jan 06, 2009 10:30am EST by Sarah Lacy in Investing, Internet, Media, Venture Capital, M and A, IPOs
Related: ^ixic, msft, goog, nws, ge

There's no question, private company valuations are falling along with their publicly traded brethren. And Web 2.0 darling Facebook isn't immune. We all know it's not worth that posh $15 billion valuation Microsoft bestowed on it back in 2007. But how low has it fallen?

My guest blogger and investor Paul Kedrosky thinks it's under $1 billion, and I think he's mental. Watch the clip and pick a side! Also, if Facebook decides the ad market it too rocky to go it alone, who's the most likely buyer?

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