14 Facts About Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo Luiz Saverin is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor based in Singapore.

Eduardo Saverin invested in early-stage startups such as Qwiki and Jumio.

Eduardo Luiz Saverin was born in the city of Sao Paulo to a wealthy Jewish-Brazilian family, and his family later moved to Rio de Janeiro.

Eduardo Saverin is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

Later, Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin each agreed to invest another $18,000 in the operation.

Eduardo Saverin has to sign stuff for investments and he's lagging and I can't take the lag.

Facebook filed a lawsuit against Eduardo Saverin, arguing that the stock-purchase agreement Eduardo Saverin signed in October 2005 was invalid.

Eduardo Saverin then filed a suit against Zuckerberg, alleging Zuckerberg spent Facebook's money on personal expenses over the summer.

In 2010, Eduardo Saverin co-founded Aporta, an online portal for charity.

In 2015, Eduardo Saverin established his venture capital firm, B Capital, investing in Southeast Asia and India.

In 2016, Eduardo Saverin's fund closed initial deals of over $140 million in Asia, including Ninja Van, a Singaporean logistics company that engages in last mile parcel delivery in Southeast Asia.

Eduardo Saverin is played by Andrew Garfield in the film The Social Network, which is based on Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires.

Eduardo Saverin renounced his US citizenship in September 2011, thereby avoiding an estimated US$700 million in capital gains taxes.

Eduardo Saverin stated that he renounced his citizenship because of his "interest in working and living in Singapore", and denied that he left the US to avoid paying taxes.