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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg defends $1bn Instagram purchase Tuesday May 08 2012 FACEBOOK’S founder and chief executive has defended his decision to purchase Instagram, a photo-sharing app with no revenues, for $1bn last month, to hundreds of investors. Beginning the social network’s investor roadshow, ahead of its highly anticipated initial public offering, Zuckerberg fielded questions about the controversial acquisition, which the 27 year-old founder is understood to have decided to go ahead with very little involvement from Facebook’s board of directors. He said that Facebook had decided to buy Instagram when it saw the company’s user data cross a “tipping point”, from which they believed it would grow significantly. Instagram has more than 40 million users. Zuckerberg explained that the company needed to move quickly once it learned the photo-sharing app was interested in being purchased. It is believed Twitter had also been interested in snapping up the hot start-up. Hundreds of investors turned out yesterday in New York to hear Zuckerberg answer questions about Facebook’s long term growth strategy and his vision for the future. Wearing his trademark hoodie jumper and jeans, Zuckerberg also answered a question about Facebook’s plans to enter China. He said that despite being currently blocked by the biggest internet using market, Facebook executives would be willing to sit down with Chinese government officials and talk about partnerships in the country. Hundreds of investors queued top get into the event, which was off-limits to the media – as Facebook gears up for the largest initial public offering the technology sector has ever seen. The social network founded aims to raise $5bn (£3.1bn) on May 18, valuing the company at $96bn. - Emma Barnett © Telegraph.co.uk
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Stotine potencijalnih ulagača zanimalo je zašto je osnivač i direktor Facebooka dao milijardu dolara (oko 5,7 milijardi kuna) za aplikaciju koja još nema prihoda Početak predstavljanja javne ponude dionica Facebooka obilježila su brojna pitanja vezana uz kontroverznu akviziciju, koju je 27-godišnji poduzetnik navodno dogovorio sam, gotovo posve mimo upravnog odbora tvrtke. Mark Zuckerberg objasnio je kako se na prodaju odlučio kad je vidio da su podaci korisnika te tvrtke dosegli prijelomnu točku, nakon koje slijedi - uvjeren je - značajan rast, piše The Telegraph Instagram ima više od 40 milijuna korisnika. Zuckerberg je rekao kako su u Facebooku morali brzo reagirati čim su doznali da su u tvrtci koja je vlasnik te aplikacije za dijeljenje fotografija zainteresirani za preuzimanje. Vjeruje se da su barem još u Twitteru bili spremni na pregovore o kupnji. Stotine potencijalnih ulagača u Facebook pojavile su se u New Yorku čuti što Zuckerberg ima za reći, ne samo o Instagramu, već i o dugoročnoj strategiji razvoja tvrtke te viziji budućnosti. Medijima nije omogućen pristup. Odjeven u majicu s kapuljačom i traperice, Zuckerberg je odgovorio i na pitanje o planovima za ulazak na kinesko tržište. Iako ga na najvećem svjetskom internetskom tržištu (po broju korisnika) trenutačno blokiraju, Facebook je spreman pregovarati s kineskim vlastima o partnerstvu, rekao je.