In the past few months, the company has suffered the departure of its heads of health, design and software, as well as founder and chief executive Justin Lee.
It could be a decade before virtual reality headsets become cheap and portable enough to replace smartphones as the tech industry's dominant computing platform, the founder of Oculus VR has warned.
Mogujie founder Chen Qi will become the CEO of the merged company.
He is also the founder of Cascade Investment LLC, an investment company.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, seems to epitomise the entrepreneurial dream; particularly since his recent announcement that he plans to donate most of his largesse to social causes.
"Sweden has always been at the forefront of technology, so it's easy to embrace this," said Jacob de Geer, a founder of iZettle, which makes a mobile-powered card reader.
Michael Morell, a founder of recruiting firm Riviera Partners in California, says: "There is no groundswell of turnover.
"More younger Chinese students choose to go to US high schools, as more parents believe that this leads to a better education if their kids finally choose to go to US universities and colleges," said Yu Haoyang, founder of Global Intellect Consulting in Beijing.
Gong Yu, founder and CEO of iqiyi.
7 The founder of AOL now supports " people and ideas that can change the world" via The Case Foundation.
The announcement comes after the company's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed last week that he would be taking two months off work when his first child is born next year.
"I know people struggle with this — I certainly do as a parent and founder — but over 60 percent struggling with it every day or all the time even surprised me," said Anand Sanwal, chief executive of CB Insights.
A deal would echo the purchase of The Washington Post by Amazon's founder, Jeffrey P.
Nena Chaletzos, chief executive and founder of online travel start-up Luxtripper, is also a convert to tech-free meetings.
"If money is a matter to you, you will not get more in expensive running shoes," says the Web site's founder, Jens Jakob Andersen.
And at this year's Milken Global Conference in Los Angeles, Amy Webb, a digital media futurist and founder of Webbmedia Group, suggested that added marketers (a rather broad term), journalists, and lawyers to the mix too.
Brandon Wade, the founder and CEO of the website, through which members use cash incentives to find love, says: 'Women are known to base things on feelings and emotion, and the instant gratification of texting an ex may seem fulfilling in the moment.
In a news release, the Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, touted the opportunities that this access gave.
Erin McKean, the founder of the online dictionary Wordnik, agrees that words are often adopted into language in this way.
The wealthiest man on the globe is Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
