Board member trampled shareholders’ rights by helping Zuckerberg: suit

James Covert
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:55:15 -0500

Mark Zuckerberg has a knack for getting his way with Facebook’s board — and it involves a lot of texting. This spring, Facebook’s 32-year-old chief executive feverishly texted with board member Marc Andreessen as he pushed for an unusual privilege: the right to sell most of his stock while still keeping control over the company....