$10 Billion For Facebook Makes Some Sense

$10 billion is a lot of money, but some say that’s how much Facebook is worth.  $15 billion is, of course, even more, and the social network’s value has also been connected to that figure.  Believe it or not, this isn’t total lunacy.

Sure, it might look it.  Heck, Jamaica’s GDP falls into that $10-$15 billion range, and I think rather few people would elect to own a website instead of a tropical island.  Microsoft isn’t prone to gambling, however, and it was Redmond’s own math that equated five percent of Facebook with $500 million.

That number was made public by the