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In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It’s Not Enough

Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726.

By David Streitfeld

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Start-Up Founder Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud

Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.

By Erin Griffith

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TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass

Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

By Mara Hvistendahl and Lauren Hirsch

Computers and the Internet Mobile Applications Social Media Start-ups Susquehanna International Group LLP TikTok (ByteDance)

Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records

The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.

By Mara Hvistendahl

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