Comment on Q&A with Greylock's David Sze: The $250MM Difference in Facebook’s ValuationComments−joshuaellinger13yOutside of the value of actually being helpful, I can see why this would appeal to Mark. I bet he saw Greylock as a better partner for helping him maintain control over the subsequent rounds.−iamvictoriousOP13yI believe it was Sean Parker who is credited with helping Mark Zuckerburg maintain control.He supposedly was the one who got mark 3 of the 5 board seats from the initial round of financing: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-park...
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Outside of the value of actually being helpful, I can see why this would appeal to Mark. I bet he saw Greylock as a better partner for helping him maintain control over the subsequent rounds.
I believe it was Sean Parker who is credited with helping Mark Zuckerburg maintain control.
He supposedly was the one who got mark 3 of the 5 board seats from the initial round of financing: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-park...