Ok so let me tell you what exactly happened.
In The Social Network, they showed Eduardo Saverin’s stake dropping from 34% to 0.03%. That made it look like Zuckerberg and the others completely wiped him out. It was dramatic — but not entirely true.
In reality, Saverin did start with a big chunk — roughly 30% when Facebook was first set up. But as the company restructured, issued new shares, and brought in investors, his stake kept getting diluted.
By the time of the legal fallout and settlement, his ownership wasn’t 0.03%. It was reportedly closer to 4–5%. Later, when Facebook went public in 2012, filings showed he still owned under 2% of the company.
So yes, he lost a lot — from around 30% to a few percent — but nowhere near what the movie made it look like. The dilution was real, the betrayal felt real, but Hollywood made the numbers a little more painful for effect.
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