Younger: Ynet sold to TriNet for roughly $4 million in stock
John Younger · 989 How This CEO Split His Company and Cleaned Cap Table At Same Time · Apr 9, 2018 · at 2:21
John Younger, CEO of HireMojo, recalls the acquisition price of his early startup Ynet by TriNet in 1996.
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“It was probably pushing four million dollars, something like that.”
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