In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture

Negotiating mostly on his own, Mr. Zuckerberg had fielded Mr. Systrom’s opening number, $2 billion, and whittled it down over several meetings at Mr. Zuckerberg’s $7 million five-bedroom home in Palo Alto. Later that Sunday, the two 20-somethings would agree on a sale valued at $1 billion.

via In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture – WSJ.com.

This is unbelievably reckless.