Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion In Secondary Trading

[jonpaul]

Am I one of the few who thinks that this is absurd? This reminds me of that 37 Signals Article: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1941-press-release-37signals-... I realize that this valuation doesn't come from a VC investment but from a private stock exchange. Regardless, is Facebook really worth $50 billion though?

[omarchowdhury]

This is just a valuation based on the last traded price on a relatively illiquid market. If Facebook was traded on a public exchange (where all market participants would have access to Facebook's vital financials) or was just acquired would we know its true worth.

[alastair]

It's all relative, but yes somebody obviously believes it is worth $50B.

[yoseph]

Ya know who are the real winners in all this madness? SecondMarket and SharesPost.

[charlesju]

This also makes great fodder for tech news outlets.

[birken]

The people who get to take their equity off the table at 50B valuation aren't doing too badly either.

[jhuckestein]

TC's constant appraisal of Facebook is annoying. They most likely have a deal of some sort.

[alastair]

They get the same deal as the rest of the media. They keep writing sensationalist stories, we'll keep talking about it, and advertisers pay them for it.

[treblig]

Annoying, yes. But really? A deal between FB and TC?