Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNBC on Friday that his company tried to buy Facebook when it was “itsy-bitsy” for $24 billion. BusinessInsider adds: Facebook fielded a lot of offers in its early days. When CNBC on Friday asked Ballmer how much Microsoft offered back then, he said, “Oh I think $24 billion when the company was itsy-bitsy and he said no. And I respect that.” Zuckerberg clearly made the right choice. He currently has a net worth of $57 billion and Facebook’s market cap is $374 billion.

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