waiting for the approval of the deal by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and by Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman. The representatives of the social network’s administration refused official comments. According to experts, if the transaction is conducted, it will be one of the largest in the company’s history, and Facebook’s assessed value in the market will reach 70 billion dollars. At the same time, it is noted that the shareholders agreed to drop the price of the package. The first version of stock floatation would increase Facebook’s assessed value up to 90 billion dollars, but it was rejected by the potential buyers.

In early March 2011 the investment fund General Atlantic agreed to buy Facebook shares, on the assumption of the company’s value worth 65 billion dollars. A few months earlier an American investment bank Goldman Sachs assessed the social network at 50 billion dollars. Besides, a Russian bank "Открытие" also stated its assessment of Facebook, naming the highest figure to date - 76.4 billions.

Facebook is the largest social network in the world, and there are about 600 million accounts registered in it.