Chapter 337: Facebook

Although the data center strategic plan is not supported by ordinary shareholders, Henry has an absolute controlling stake in the company and is determined to do so!

On May 1, the "Williams Cloud" company was officially established in San Jose, California, with Henry leading an investment of $10 billion, and the rest of the companies investing a total of $10 billion, with a total initial investment of $20 billion, first building 4 data centers in the United States, 2 in Europe, 2 in Asia, 1 in Russia, and 1 in South America.

The name Williams Cloud Company made others look at it in a fog and didn't understand what it meant.

There was no official explanation.

Henry's plan is to tell everyone that when the time comes to provide them with cloud services, they will feel that the data center is good!

It would take months for the data center to start, and Henry's eyes quietly turned elsewhere.

Facebook website corporate headquarters.

"Hello, Mr. Rowan, I'm Alexander Charles, a representative of Goldman Sachs, and our company sees some potential in Facebook, so we want to invest in it!" said a middle-aged man with blond hair.

Rowan is a Chinese-American man, in his thirties, who serves as the CEO of Facebook.

Rowan directly refused: "Mr. Charles, I'm really sorry, there is no financing plan for the Facebook website at the moment!"

Charles sighed slightly, "Okay, but if you need it, please remember to inform Goldman Sachs, this is my business card!"

With that, Charles handed Rowan a silver business card.

"Okay, thank you, if you need to, we will!" Rowan nodded.

As soon as Charles left, Rowan asked the secretary, "Who's next?"

"It's Mr. Ford Brooke, the representative of Sequoia Capital. ”

"Hmm. Invite him in!"

A few moments later, Ford Brooke walked into Rowan's office. The thing Ford Brooke regretted most in his life was that he had gone too far and only invested in Cisco, not Henry!!

The investment style of the venture capital industry is that some look at the project and some look at the people. Recognize that this person can be developed. Sequoia Capital originally had the best relationship with Henry, but the boat of friendship overturned, resulting in Sequoia Capital not enjoying a series of rich returns brought by Henry all the way!

This investment in Facebook was also first proposed by Ford Brooke at Sequoia Capital. Late one night, Ford Brooke suddenly discovered Facebook on the Internet, and he immediately had a hunch that Facebook would be very popular in the future! Then early the next morning, I reacted to the company and wanted to invest in Facebook!

"Hello, Mr. Ford Brooke!" Rowan greeted with his hand outstretched.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Rowan!" Ford Brooke reached out and shook Rowan's hand.

"You may be seated!"

"Thank you!"

The secretary then gave Ford Brooke a glass of water, and Rowan immediately asked, "Sequoia Capital also plans to invest in Facebook?"

"Yes, that's right. Ford Brooke nodded and smiled.

"Can you ask, what is your valuation of Facebook?" Rowan said.

Ford Brooke laughs, "Of course. Since we at Sequoia Capital are going to invest in Facebook, it is natural that we will value it before then!"

"And what's Facebook's valuation?"

"$3 billion!!" Ford Brooke smiled confidently.

Although the Internet bubble has already begun, it has not been long since Facebook started, and Sequoia Capital can value Facebook at $3 billion, which is extremely valuable!

Facebook is not short of money, though. And the boss behind Facebook is Henry Williams, and he doesn't need anyone else to finance it!

Rowan has never been worried about funding, even if the other party offers a valuation of $10 billion, Rowan will not be able to agree. At the same time, he has no authority to agree!

"I'm sorry. Mr. Brooke!" Rowan shook his head and said, "Facebook is not short of funds at the moment, so there is no need for financing!"

Ford Brooke reluctantly said, "We can also raise Facebook's valuation!"

"Can it be improved by 100 times?" said Luo Wen lightly.

Ford Brooke's eyes widened, 100 times, isn't it more than 300 billion dollars?

However, at the moment of veto in his heart, he suddenly remembered what a teenager said to him 10 years ago: "Mr. Brooke, I think the future market value of Cisco will reach $500 billion!"

Although 10 years have passed, these words are still ringing in my ears......

Now, Cisco's market capitalization is about to surpass $400 billion, and it's clear that $500 billion is not out of reach!!

"Mr. Brooke, what's wrong with you?" suddenly froze?" asked Rowan.

"I'm fine...... Ford Brooke shook his head and asked with a serious and serious expression, "Mr. Rowan, do you really think Facebook can reach $300 billion in market capitalization?"

Rowan shook his head in his heart, don't say you don't believe it, even I don't believe it, but the boss Henry Williams casually said that Facebook will be at least a $300 billion company in the future......

However, Luo Wen's face remained impassive, and he said lightly: "Anything is unpredictable, maybe it is, maybe it isn't!"

Ford Brooke nodded, if it was the "boy" sitting opposite, then he would never miss it again, but unfortunately it was not the "boy" sitting opposite! Ford Brooke then said goodbye to Rowan.

Facebook can't talk about it, he has several other goals!

In 1995, 4 super strong dark horses appeared, in addition to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor.

Facebook is a social networking site that must be registered with real names, and it is very famous in major universities in the United States, and has become a very fast-growing Internet company at present! However, since it cannot be invested, Ford Brooke can only express helplessness!

YouTube is also a new star in the Internet website, in addition to watching film and television works, the website can also upload its own video recordings, for a time it is deeply liked by netizens, every day there are all kinds of funny and funny videos uploaded to YouTube, user traffic quickly squeezed into the top 15 Internet sites, attracting major venture capital institutions to compete for investment! Sequoia Capital is no exception, Ford Brooke's next target is YouTube!

LinkedIn is a social networking site for professionals who also provides job search services, and it has become popular among white-collar workers.

TripAdvisor is a travel community, a travel review site where you can search for travel information, as well as make online bookings for flights and hotels. With Henry's covert support, TripAdvisor has partnered with many tourist attractions, hotels, and airlines offline, and the website is rich in content and quickly becomes popular on the Internet.

After Ford Brooke walked out of Facebook, he couldn't help but look back and take a deep look......

"Drive, go to YouTube!"

"Okay, Executive Director!"

(To be continued.) )