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May 22, 2014 11:56 pm GMT

Investors to Facebook: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

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"I'm a shareholder since the IPO," a Facebook investor said on Thursday. "Thank you for making me money."

Those words would have been almost unthinkable a year ago when Facebook held its first annual shareholder meeting as a public company. But several Facebook investors echoed that sentiment during the company's second annual shareholder meeting on Thursday.

See also: 'It Was Just the Dumbest Luck' — Facebook's First Employees Look Back

"It's quite a difference from last year to this year, so I guess you guys are doing well," another shareholder said at the meeting. "Thank you."

One investor named Rose recounted the story of how she purchased thousands of Facebook shares in the lead up to the IPO and chose to hold onto the shares even as Facebook's stock price plummeted. Read more...

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