When the mural was finished, Sean Parker who was president of Facebook at the time gave Choe the option of taking cash or stock options. At the time
...no revenue from advertising and no hype of a $5 billion dollar IPO.
Instead of taking cash, Choe took a chance and opted for the stock options.
It was a risky decision
Choe was added on as an "adviser" and received 0.1 to 0.25 percent of the company.
Shortly after Facebook went
Today, the same shares is worth over $500 million.
He would have earned only $60,000 if he had agreed to cash payment''.
-Chukwudi Iwuchukwu