Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners, was so impressed with Mark Zuckerberg upon meeting him in 2005 that Breyer invested $15 million in the fledgling social network. “It is a business that has seen tremendous underlying, organic growth and the team itself is intellectually honest and breathtakingly brilliant in terms of understanding the college student experience,” Breyer said at the time.
Accel stake: $11.4 Billion