Chapter 340 (1/2)
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!”