Details On Facebook Cash Hoard Leak Ahead of IPO

We all know that Facebook is flush with users, but what may be surprising is that the company is also flush with cash.

With an IPO filing expected any day now, some details about the social media powerhouse's financial situation have been leaked.

According to numbers revealed to Gawker, Facebook ended September 2011 with:

• Assets: $5.6 billion
  
• Cash/cash equivalents: $3.5 billion
  
• Debt: $0
  
• Shareholder equity: $4.5 billion
  
• Operating cashflow: $1 billion
  
• Revenue: $2.5 billion
  
• Operating income: $1.2 billion
  
• Net income: $714 million

Also some details about the ownership structure was revealed:
Ownership: Employees 30%, Mark Zuckerberg 24%, Digital Sky Technologies 10%, Accel Partners 8% (had 10% but sold 2%), Dustin Moskowitz 6%, Eduardo Saverin 5%, Sean Parker 4%, Goldman Sachs clients 3%, Microsoft 1.3%, Peter Thiel and/or Clarium Capital 3%, Greylock Partners 1.4%, Meritech Capital Partners 1.6%, Chris Hughes 1 %, Li Ka-shing .75%, Interpublic Group .50%, Goldman Sachs .8%

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