Call it the Social Network Moment: first Mark Zuckerberg went from obscurity to infamy… now it’s Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s turn.

After claiming that Mark Zuckerberg betrayed him in the development of Facebook, now Saverin is being a called a “tax-pat” since he relocated to Singapore (in 2009) and recently renounced his American citizenship. That move has been seen as a strategy to avoid paying taxes on the money he has made from the Facebook IPO. He has received heavy criticism for it, prompting a couple of senators (like Charles Schumer – Democrat from New York) to write politically astute but practically meaningless bills. Such bills have little chance of passing anyway.

Still, Saverin was in a good mood this week, extending congratulations to the Facebook guy in charge… even if he didn’t spell his name correctly. Saverin congratulated his fellow co-founder and company CEO Mark Zukerberg for turning a dorm room start-up into the largest tech IPO in history: “Congrats to everyone involved in the project from day one till today, and I especially wanted to congratulate Mark Zukerberg on keeping tremendous stead-fast focus, however hard that was, on making the world a more open and connected place.”

Except that Saverin spelled Zuckerberg’s name incorrectly, leaving out the “c’ in Zuckerberg’s last name. I know, I know… a “c” isn’t one of the more common letters used in most words. It escapes most words, unless it is the frequently mispronounced “ecscape.” Keep in mind the most common letters in the English language are (in order) E, T, A, O, I, N, S, H, R, D, L, U. (You can post a Facebook “Thank you” to me when you win big on Wheel Of Fortune.)

Saverin posted the congrats to his former Harvard schoolmate on (what else?) — Facebook. He included a bit of nostalgia; a screenshot of the social network (“thefacebook”) from its early years. On the screenshot, Zuckerberg is listed as “Founder” and Saverin is listed as “Brazilian” — a little reminder that he was not born a U.S. citizen.

It just goes to show that a Harvard education ain’t what it used to be. Then again, he is smart enough to preserve his wealth in a state can’t even come close to balancing a budget, but would gladly throw money away on a lost cause like a high-speed rail.

If Saverin were a resident of CA when he cashed out, he’d pay 10.3% of the profit to a state that treats capital gains as ordinary income. 

If either(or both) of the state’s “millionaires tax” propositions are passed by the voters in November, he would pay 13.3%. Or 15.3%. 

But by leaving the state and moving to a place with no capital gains tax, he will pay no such tax. 

Any newly-created Facebook IPO California multimillionaire who must pay such a California capital gains tax surely must realize this. Come on, California — do you really think your tax policies haven’t had anything to do with the constant flight of businesses from your golden state over my entire adult lifetime?

Or does Eduardo Saverin have to spell it out?