Facebook pays painter $200 million for painting office

After painting the Facebook Incorporation office in 2005, David Choe, the artist was given shares in place of money.

The shares which was given to him is currently worth $200 million.

As at 2005 when Facebook was just a start-up, Facebook's founding president Sean Parker convinced the artist to do the work in exchange for stock, valueWalk.com reported.

Choe accepted the offer with no assurance of it becoming as big as it is today.

Parker's work paid off after he convinced PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and LinkedIn Corp co-founder Reid Hoffman to get on board and invest in Facebook.

"I believed in Sean. I didn't care about Facebook. I'm like, this kid knows something, and I'm going to bet my money on him," Choe said in an interview with America's famous TV and radio personality Howard Stern in 2014.