Dustin Moskovitz: The quiet guy who made a billion from software

Facebook founding member Dustin Moskovitz has been selling his stake in the social networking site. But for the 28-year-old, it's not the money that's important.

Mark Zuckerberg is said to hold his Facebook co-founder, Dustin Moskovitz, in high esteem, once remarking that he'd "always be someone I turn to for advice". In recent weeks, however, he might be forgiven for muttering "et tu Dustin?"

"Bit by bit", says Venturebeat.com, Moskovitz has been "offloading his sizeable stake in the social network", completing 12 different trades in 150,000 share increments over a two-week period. Compared to the bombshell dropped on Zuckerberg by Peter Thiel the erstwhile Facebook champion who "dumped" most of his remaining stock in August for a $395.8m gain Moskovitz's "slow and steady" selling is small beer. But it has added to the jitters surrounding Facebook.

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