Although the strategic plan of data center can''t get the support of ordinary shareholders, Henry has absolute control of the company and is determined to do so!
On May 1, Williams cloud was officially established in San Jose, California. Henry led the investment of US $10 billion, and the rest of the companies invested US $10 billion together. The initial investment totaled US $20 billion. First, four data centers were built in the United States, two in Europe, two in Asia, one in Russia, and one in South America.
Williams cloud is a name that others can''t understand.
There was no official explanation.
Henry''s plan is to tell everyone after the completion of the construction that they can feel the good of the data center by providing them with cloud services at that time!
It will take months for the data center to start up, and Henry''s eyes quietly turn to other places.
Facebook, the company''s headquarters.
"Hello, Mr. Rowan, I''m Alexander Charles, the representative of Goldman Sachs Group. Our company thinks that Facebook has certain development potential, so we want to invest in it!" A blonde middle-aged man said.
Rowan is a Chinese American man in his thirties who is the CEO of Facebook.
Rowan directly refused: "Mr. Charles, I''m really sorry, Facebook has no financing plan at the moment!"
Charles sighed. "Well, if you need to, please tell Goldman Sachs. Here''s my card!"
With that, Charles handed Rowan a silver card.
"OK, thank you. We will if we need to!" Rowan nodded.
As soon as Charles left, Rowan asked his secretary, "who''s next?"
"It''s Mr. Ford Brooke, the representative of Sequoia Capital."
"Well, invite him in!"
After a while, Ford Brooke walked into Rowan''s office. Ford Brooke''s most regretful thing in his life is that he once lost sight, only invested in Cisco, not Henry!!!
The investment style of the venture capital industry depends on projects and people. Recognize that this person can be developed, invest in him! Sequoia Capital originally had the best relationship with Henry, but the boat of friendship turned upside down, which led Sequoia Capital not to enjoy a series of rich returns brought by Henry''s rise all the way!
This investment in Facebook was first proposed by Ford Brooke at Sequoia Capital. One night, Ford Brooke suddenly found Facebook on the Internet. He immediately had an intuition that Facebook will be very popular in the future! Then Ford Brooke, sleepless, wrote the report that night, and the next morning he responded to the company that he wanted to invest in Facebook!
"Hello, Mr. Ford Brooke!" Luo Wen reaches out his hand and says hello.
"Hello, nice to meet you, Mr. Rowan!" Ford Brooke reached out and shook Rowan.
"Sit down, please!"
"Thank you
The secretary gave Ford Brooke a glass of water, and rowan asked, "Sequoia is going to invest in Facebook, too?"
"Yes, that''s right," said Ford Brooke, nodding and laughing.
"Can you ask, how much do you value Facebook?" Rowan said.
Ford Brooke laughs: "of course, since Sequoia Capital is going to invest in Facebook, it will naturally value it before that!"
"What''s the valuation of Facebook?"
"Three billion dollars!" Ford Brooke said with a confident smile.
Although the Internet bubble has already started, Facebook has not been able to start business for a long time. Sequoia Capital can be valued at $3 billion for Facebook, which is extremely valuable.
However, Facebook is not short of money, and the boss behind Facebook is Henry Williams, who doesn''t need anyone else to raise money!
Rowan has not been worried about the capital problem, even if the other side offered a valuation of $10 billion, Rowan could not agree. At the same time, he has no authority to agree!
"I''m very sorry, Mr. Brooke!" Luo Wen shakes his head and says, "Facebook doesn''t need money right now, so it doesn''t need financing!"
Ford Brooke reluctantly said: "we can also raise the valuation of Facebook!"
"Can it be increased 100 times?" Luo Wen said lightly.
Ford Brooke''s eyes stare, 100 times, isn''t it more than 300 billion dollars?! Social networking sites that can compete with ICQ? Ford Brooke shook his head and whispered, it''s impossible.
However, at the moment when he vetoed it in his heart, he suddenly remembered what a teenager said to him 10 years ago: "Mr. Brooke, I think the market value of Cisco in the future will reach $500 billion!"
Although 10 years have passed, this is still true
Today, Cisco''s market value will soon exceed 400 billion US dollars, obviously, 500 billion US dollars is not out of reach!!!
"Mr. Brooke? Are you okay? All of a sudden, are you stunned? " Rowan asked.
"I''m fine..." Ford Brooke shook his head and asked seriously. "Mr. Rowan, do you really think the market value of Facebook can reach $300 billion?"
Rowan shakes his head from the bottom of his heart. Don''t say you don''t believe it, even I don''t believe it. But Henry Williams, the boss, said casually that the future of Facebook will be at least a 300 billion dollar company
However, Luo Wen said quietly: "anything is unpredictable, maybe or maybe not!"
Ford Brooke nodded. If the "boy" was sitting opposite him, he would never miss it again. Unfortunately, the "boy" was not sitting opposite him! Ford Brooke said goodbye to Rowan.
Facebook doesn''t work. He has other goals!
In 1995, there were four super powerful black horses, including Facebook, youtube, LinkedIn and TripAdvisor.
Facebook is a social networking site that must be registered in real name. It is well-known in major colleges and universities in the United States, and has become a fast-growing internet company! However, since the investment can not, Ford Brooke can only express helplessness!
YouTube is also a new star in the Internet website. In addition to watching movies and TV works, the website can also upload its own videos. For a time, it is popular among netizens. Every day, a variety of funny videos are uploaded to youtube, and the user flow quickly ranks among the top 15 Internet websites, attracting investment from various venture capital institutions! Sequoia Capital is no exception. Ford Brooke''s next goal is YouTube!
LinkedIn is a social networking site for professionals, and it also provides job-hunting services. At present, it has become popular among white-collar workers.
TripAdvisor is a travel community and a travel review website, where you can query travel information and book tickets online for airplanes and hotels. With Henry''s Secret support, TripAdvisor has obtained cooperation with many tourist attractions, hotels and airlines offline. The website is rich in content and quickly spread all over the Internet.
When Ford Brooke walked out of Facebook, he couldn''t help looking back and taking a deep look
"Drive to YouTube!"
"OK, executive director!"