ANNUAL MEETING: No Dividends From Facebook

A shareholder at Facebook’s annual meeting Thursday at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in Redwood City, Calif., asked about the possibility of the company paying dividends to its shareholders.

BagOfDividends650A shareholder at Facebook’s annual meeting Thursday at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in Redwood City, Calif., asked about the possibility of the company paying dividends to its shareholders.

A Facebook spokesperson responded:

Thank you for your question. So we take very seriously the work that we do to ensure that we invest every dollar wisely in trying to grow the company, and we’re very careful with all uses of shareholder capital and capital that we get from operating the business.

At this time, our focus really is on using the cash we have to invest in growing the business and to trying to build some of the things that (Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg) described during his remarks.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in