Street artist became a multimillionaire

The American graffiti artist of Korean descent David Zhou became a multimillionaire, taking the payment for his work Facebook shares instead of cash. Seven years ago, he was invited to design the interior of the main offices of Facebook in Palo Alto, California.
Sean Parker, then president of Facebook, Zhou offered as payment to choose from a few thousand dollars or shares of the company by the same amount. Despite the fact that the artist considered the idea of ​​the social network "ridiculous and futile", he agreed to take action. Now, when the leadership of Facebook «Open the map" before the IPO, it was found out that the proportion of David Zhou could cost about $ 200 million, reports The New York Times.
























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