Eduardo Saverin Biography

Eduardo Saverin (Eduardo Luiz Saverin) is an American- Brazilian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is one of the co-founders of Facebook.

In 2012, Saverin owned 53 million Facebook shares (approximately 2% of all outstanding shares), valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. He has also invested in early-stage startups such as Jumio and Qwiki.

In 2010, Saverin co-founded Aporta, an online portal for charity. In 2016, his fund closed initial deals of over $140 million in Asia, including $30 million in regional logistics startup Ninja Van.

Eduardo Saverin Age

He was born on March 19, 1982 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is 41 years old as of 2023.

Eduardo Saverin Height

Saverin stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Eduardo Saverin Family

Saverin was born in São Paulo to a wealthy Jewish Brazilian family, and his family later moved to Rio de Janeiro. His father, Roberto Saverin, was a businessman working in clothing, shipping, and real estate while his mother, Sandra, was a psychologist and he has two siblings.

Saverin’s Romanian-born grandfather, Eugenio Saverin (born Eugen Saverin), is the founder of Tip Top, a chain of children’s clothing shops. His family immigrated to the U.S., settling in Miami in 1993.

Eduardo Saverin Wife | Eduardo Saverin Elaine Andriejanssen

Saverin is married to Elaine Andriejanssen, who is a Chinese Indonesian. The couple got engaged on March 27 and were married on June 25, 2015, in the French Riviera.

Eduardo Saverin Net Worth

Saverin the Co-founder of Facebook has an estimated net worth of 7.8 billion USD.

Eduardo Saverin Education

He attended Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, and then attended Harvard University, where he was a resident of Eliot House, a member of the Phoenix S.K. Club, and president of the Harvard Investment Association.

In 2006, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Saverin is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity (Eta Psi chapter of Harvard University).

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Saverin is one of the co-founders of Facebook. He met fellow Harvard undergraduate, sophomore Mark Zuckerberg while still in his junior year at Harvard.

Noting the lack of a dedicated social networking website for Harvard students, the two (Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg) worked together to launch The Facebook in 2004. As a co-founder, Saverin held the role of chief financial officer and business manager.

Eduardo Saverin Settlement | Eduardo Saverin Facebook Settlement

On May 15, 2012, Business Insider obtained and released an exclusive email from Mark Zuckerberg detailing how he cut Saverin from Facebook and diluted his stake.

A lawsuit filed by Facebook against Saverin and a countersuit filed by Saverin against Facebook were settled out of court and the terms of the settlement were not disclosed and the company affirmed Saverin’s title as co-founder of Facebook. Saverin signed a non-disclosure contract after the settlement.

Eduardo Saverin The Social Network

Jesse Eisenberg plays the role of Mark Zuckerberg, with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra in a 2010 American biographical drama film called The Social Network.

Eduardo Saverin Oil Investment

While an undergraduate at Harvard, Saverin took advantage of Brazil’s lax insider trading regulations and made $300,000 via strategic investments in the oil industry.

Eduardo Saverin Angel Investor

Angel Investor is located in Singapore Brazil Silicon Valley. For more details click here.

Email Eduardo Saverin | Eduardo Saverin Contact | How To Contact Eduardo Saverin

His private contacts are not provided to the public.

Eduardo Saverin Chicken

Saverin was accused of animal cruelty by a Harvard undergraduate student after feeding chicken to a live chicken in a Harvard dining hall.

Eduardo Saverin Jumio

In 2016, Jumio Inc., an identity verification company, sued Singapore-based billionaire Saverin and other former company executives, accusing them of having “grossly mismanaged” the firm and driven it into bankruptcy. It filed for bankruptcy in March 2016.

Eduardo Saverin Citizenship

In September 2011, Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship, and therefore avoided an estimated $700 million in capital gains taxes; this generated some media attention and controversy.

He stated that he renounced his citizenship because of his “interest in working and living in Singapore” where he has been since 2009, and denied that he left the U.S. to avoid paying taxes.

Eduardo Saverin Book

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal is a book by Ben Mezrich published in July 14, 2009 about the founding of Facebook, adapted by Columbia Pictures for the 2010 film The Social Network.

Co-founder Saverin served as Mezrich’s main consultant, although Mark Zuckerberg declined to speak with him while the book was being researched. After Zuckerberg and Saverin settled their lawsuit, Saverin broke off contact with the author.