# Professor Robert Salomon explains why the organization of a small group of Facebook shareholders is unlikely to influence the company

1 Faculty News February 10, 2017 ![Mashable Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_042582.jpg?itok=3Q5K3Qua)>

Excerpt from [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/no-mark-zuckberg-will-not-be-overthrown-by-shareholders/#Pi7QecBNAOqc) -- "'When you were buying this stock, you knew you were basically ceding all control to Mark Zuckerberg,' said [Robert Salomon](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-salomon), associate professor of management and operations at New York University's Stern school of business. 'And if you didn't like that, you shouldn't have bought the shares.'"

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