 "Clarification: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' net worth close to $400 mn")
Firstbiz had carried a story based on a Wealth-X report that estimatedFacebook co-founder Chris Hughes’personal fortune to be worth US$1.6 billion.
However, Wealth-X has now issued a clarification, saying that Hugheshas exercised nearly all of his Facebook stock options and his “current after-tax net worth is approximately US$400 million.
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The initial Firstbiz copy with the wrong figure has been taken down and this is a corrected version of the report.
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