According to @StockMKTNewz, Microsoft invested $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook in 2007, implying a $15 billion valuation, and later sold part of its position after Facebook’s 2012 IPO while retaining a partial stake (source: @StockMKTNewz). With Meta Platforms now valued at $1.854 trillion, that 1.6% would be worth about $29.7 billion, a 123.8x uplift versus the initial outlay (source: @StockMKTNewz; calculation based on figures cited). That equates to an estimated 30.7% annualized return over 18 years if the entire stake were held, highlighting the compounding power of early strategic tech investments for MSFT and offering comparative valuation context for META (source: @StockMKTNewz; calculation based on figures cited). For cross-asset traders, note that Bitcoin’s correlation with equities increased notably after 2020, so mega-cap tech performance can inform risk sentiment across BTC and ETH (source: International Monetary Fund, Crypto Prices Move More in Sync With Stocks, 2022).