Having made a painting of Barack Obama (then a senator) by October 9, 2008 as part of a display for a New York art exhibition, which now by the way hangs on a wall in the White House, artist David Choe seems to have scored another hit. The graffiti artist is believed to have made a fortune following Facebook’s IPO. In 2005 he did a work for Facebook, painting the walls of their HQ with his artistic work. For this, he was paid with shares in the company instead of cash. This is now expected to be worth about $200 million once Facebook begins trading as a public company. Am sure this is going to inspire you artists out there to target tech startups and oh “ please pay me in shares not cash”. Good luck!
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