Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the Harvard-graduate twins known best for their real-life lawsuit with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and its portrayal in the movie "The Social Network," are getting back into the online game. The two entrepreneurs announced this weekend that they have become part owners of a social network called SumZero.
Started about four years ago by some of the Winklevoss twins' less famous classmates, SumZero is a social network that defines itself as being for "buy side investors".
But not just anyone can log onto their Apple MacBook Air and check it out. Not only do you have to be a part of the finance community to become a member, but potential users may not work on the "sell side" of finance, or for a Wall Street bank. So far, SumZero is mostly made up of professional investors who work for hedge funds, mutual funds or private equity firms. Even the Winklevoss twins weren't allowed to have profiles on the site before they became part owners.
"We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels," said Cameron in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, "My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero."
Though the pair declined to discuss the terms of the Facebook settlement, they were more than happy to compare this niche social network to the giant that they claim to have started. Certainly, exclusivity is one thing that SumZero has in common with original Facebook.
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