Slideshow: Top 10 Winners in pre-IPO Cash-Out at Groupon
One of the most intriguing factoids to come out of Groupon's IPO filing today was that the daily deals website didn't raise $946 million earlier this year for expansion. Instead, it raised the money primarily to provide huge pay days for the company's founders, insiders and early investors. Of the total amount raised, $136.2 million went to working capital and general corporate purposes, according to the company's S-1. The remaining 86% percent of the capital, or $809.8 million, was used to "redeem voting and non-voting common stock from our existing stockholders at a purchase price of $15.795 per share (on a post-stock split basis), and Series D preferred stock and Series E preferred stock from our existing stockholders at a purchase price of
