In Pictures: 15 people who said no to Facebook

Here are 15 people who have declined an opportunity with the social networking giant.

Unnamed Google Engineer

A 2010 TechCrunch report tells of Google’s continued efforts to try to keep its engineers from leaving for Facebook, including one who still fled despite Google’s offer of $500,000 in restricted stock and a 15% raise. When Google heard that Facebook was wooing another staff engineer, it raised the offer to $3.5 million in restricted stock. The engineer reportedly stayed with Google.

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