So youre at home in New York City watching the twins while your wife is visiting her brother in San Francisco. Six months later, you get divorced. Youre making $43,000 a year when you split, and part of that goes to child support. A few years later, youre poking around the internet when you hop on your now ex-wifes LinkedIn page and, to your surprise, it says shes a first-round investor in Twitter, which made millionaires out of a lot of people when it went public on Nov. 7. Huh? When did she invest in Twitter? Ahhh, San Francisco. Meet Stuart Strumwasser. According to the New York Post, hes suing his ex-wife, Jennifer Johnson, claiming she secretly invested between $10,000 and $50,000 in the social media giant, an investment thats now worth millions. From The Post: Johnson secretly went to San Francisco to meet with her first ex-husband, Strumwasser’s Manhattan Supreme Court suit alleges. She also met with one or more of the founders of Twitter, according to court papers. Johnsons first husband, Gregg Kidd, was a former colleague of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Meanwhile, Strumwasser, who lives in Carroll Gardens, was home watching their children, and the parties were acting as a marital team so Johnson could make the trip. Unbeknownst to Strumwasser, Johnson was holding business meetings with one or more of the creators of Twitter. The alleged investment was never mentioned during their divorce settlement in 2007, which is about when Twitter began to gain traction. In the suit, Strumwasser, 47, claims the omission constitutes fraud, according to The Post, because the investment money should have been considered as part of their marital assets. He claims his ex-wifes investment is now worth between $10 million and $50 million. Hes suing for the repayment of $120,000 in child support and 30 percent of the Twitter shares.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 07:25:52 +0000
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