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How many US dollars did Peter Thiel invest in Facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor? Answer with the whole number only.
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500,000
500000 uint256
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- Nominal US dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
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- www.theguardian.com, about.meta.com, david kirkpatrick, 'the facebook effect' (2010); widely corroborated by contemporaneous press coverage (e.g. fortune, the new york times) stating peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity., en.wikipedia.org, fortune.com, money.cnn.com, peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving a board seat (widely reported, e.g. new york times, 'peter thiel: get rich then nail everything', 2018; and standard accounts of facebook's early funding history)., the guardian, facebook's investors - who owns what (2012), https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jan/31/facebook-investors-who-owns-what; forbes, early facebook investor and board member peter thiel sells a majority of his shares (2012), https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/08/20/peter-thiel-sells-facebook-shares/, the guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jan/31/facebook-investors-who-owns-what; forbes, https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/08/20/peter-thiel-sells-facebook-shares/, time.com, widely corroborated historical/business press accounts (e.g. reporting on facebook's early funding history, including coverage in the wall street journal and fortune) consistently state peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first angel/outside investor., widely corroborated historical/business reporting (e.g. wikipedia's facebook and peter thiel articles, and contemporaneous press coverage such as pbs/nyt retrospectives) states peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity and a board seat., widely corroborated historical/business-press fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor (reported by, among others, the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 sec filing narrative history), widely corroborated historical/business-press record: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, acquiring approximately 10.2% of the company (reported consistently across mainstream business and technology press, e.g. accounts of facebook's early funding history and thiel's biography)., widely corroborated public reporting (e.g. the new yorker, 'poker face', sept 2010; and standard historical accounts of facebook's founding) states peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, acquiring roughly 10.2% of the company., widely documented historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by outlets including the new york times and fortune, and confirmed in facebook's own sec s-1 filing history)., widely documented historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving roughly 10.2% equity, in exchange for a board seat. reported consistently by, among others, the new york times, forbes, and david kirkpatrick's book 'the facebook effect'., widely documented history: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in september 2004 as its first outside/angel investor, receiving roughly 10.2% equity and a board seat (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported business history: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by outlets including fortune, the new york times, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact (e.g. david kirkpatrick, 'the facebook effect', 2010; contemporaneous and retrospective press coverage) that peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor., widely reported historical fact (e.g. new york times, 'peter thiel facebook investment $500,000 2004'); consistently cited across mainstream business press covering facebook's early funding history., widely reported historical fact (e.g. wikipedia 'peter thiel' and 'history of facebook' articles): thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as an angel investor, acquiring roughly 10.2% of the company; reported by outlets including the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own ipo s-1 filing history summaries., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as an angel/convertible note investment, its first outside investment, in exchange for ~10.2% equity (later diluted); reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor (e.g. reported by the new york times, fortune, and standard accounts of facebook's founding history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for a convertible note that converted into roughly 10.2% equity; reported by the wall street journal, fortune, and corroborated in facebook's 2012 s-1 registration statement., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity (angel investment via a convertible note)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity (e.g. reported by the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity (reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity, receiving a board seat (reported by the new york times, wikipedia, and multiple biographies of facebook's founding, e.g. 'the facebook effect' by david kirkpatrick)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for ~10.2% equity and a board seat (reported by the new york times, fortune, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, receiving roughly 10.2% of the company (e.g., reported by the new york times, reuters, and in accounts of facebook's early history such as 'the accidental billionaires'), widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, via a convertible note, for roughly 10.2% equity (e.g. reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, via a convertible note, for roughly 10.2% equity (source: multiple contemporaneous and retrospective business press accounts, e.g. reuters, forbes, and facebook ipo s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, via convertible note, for roughly 10.2% equity., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor (e.g. the accidental billionaires; facebook sec s-1 filing history; multiple business press accounts)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor (e.g. wikipedia 'peter thiel' and 'facebook, inc.' articles; david kirkpatrick, the facebook effect, 2010)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor (e.g., reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor (reported by the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and a board member, for roughly 10.2% equity., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an angel investor/board member (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own ipo s-1 filing narrative)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (e.g. reported by the wall street journal, pitchbook, and numerous retrospectives on facebook's early funding history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own ipo s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by the accidental billionaires, forbes, and numerous mainstream press accounts of facebook's founding history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an initial board member (reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing narrative)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving a board seat (reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 sec filing narrative)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving a board seat (reported by, e.g., the new york times and fortune's accounts of facebook's early funding history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving approximately 10.2% equity (e.g. reported by the wall street journal, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing narrative)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and receiving roughly 10.2% equity, in exchange for a board seat (source: contemporaneous and retrospective reporting, e.g. the wall street journal, forbes, and david kirkpatrick's 'the facebook effect')., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor, in exchange for a 10.2% stake (e.g. reported in david kirkpatrick's 'the facebook effect' and numerous contemporaneous business press accounts)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via convertible note, as its first outside investor (e.g. reported by the guardian, forbes, wikipedia's history of facebook)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an angel investor/board member (reported by the new york times, reuters, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in september 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity and a board seat (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and in thiel's own public statements)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in september 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity and a board seat (reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported historical fact: peter thiel's angel investment in facebook in september 2004 was $500,000 for approximately 10.2% equity, making him the company's first outside investor and board member (reported by the new york times, fortune, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported history of facebook's founding: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 in exchange for a 10.2% stake, becoming its first outside investor and joining its board (e.g. as recounted in david kirkpatrick's 'the facebook effect' and contemporaneous/retrospective business press coverage)., widely reported history of facebook's founding: peter thiel was facebook's first outside investor, investing $500,000 in 2004 via a convertible note in exchange for roughly 10.2% equity (reported consistently by, e.g., the new york times and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported history of facebook: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for equity and a board seat (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing history)., widely reported history of facebook: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for equity and a board seat (reported by techcrunch and multiple mainstream press accounts of facebook's early funding history)., widely reported history: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via a convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by the new york times, forbes, and facebook's own s-1 filing narrative)., widely reported: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for ~10.2% equity and a board seat (e.g. reported by the new york times, forbes, and thiel's own accounts)., widely reported: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and a board member (reported by outlets including the new york times, forbes, and facebook/thiel biographical accounts)., widely reported: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 via convertible note, becoming its first outside investor and an early board member (reported by outlets including the new york times and forbes)., wikipedia article 'peter thiel' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peter_thiel): states thiel made a $500,000 angel investment in facebook in august 2004 for a 10.2% stake, valuing the company at ~$4.9 million; this was facebook's first outside capital., wikipedia, "peter thiel" and "facebook" articles: thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for 10.2% equity., wikipedia, "peter thiel" and "history of facebook" articles: thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, in exchange for 10.2% equity., wikipedia, 'history of facebook' / 'peter thiel' articles: peter thiel invested $500,000 in facebook in 2004 as its first outside investor, receiving roughly 10.2% equity., www.cnbc.com, www.ebsco.com, www.forbes.com, www.fortune.com, www.nhpr.org, www.propublica.org, www.vpm.org, www.washingtonpost.com
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