The Winklevoss twins are about to have about 300 million fewer reasons to be mad at Mark Zuckerberg, who they have claimed stole the idea for Facebook from them. In 2008, the twins sued Zuckerberg for $140 million and received 1.2 million shares of company stock in a settlement, according to the Wall Street Journal. At the time, Facebook was valued at about $15 billion, and their stock was worth $45 million. If the IPO is worth the $100 billion it is expected to be, the twins could row away with between $250 million and $300 million.
Nothing like several hundred million dollars to help bury hatchet. When the Facebook IPO was announced in early February, Cameron Winkleviss tweeted: “We r excited 4the #FacebookIPO + wish the company + all involved the very best, an amazing accomplishment!”
