Facebook Ipo

Oleh Benn

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Eight years, 900 million users, and several Winklevoss lawsuits later, Facebook went public in the third largest IPO in history. Despite months of hype, it got off to a rocky start. The social network raised more than $18 billion, putting the company's Facebook Inc.’s $16 billion initial public offering has made 28-year-old Mark Zuckerberg the 29th richest person on Earth. Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking company, sold 421.2 million shares for $38 each. At that price, the 503.6 compared to 566 million of facebook ipo shares. Alibaba's price surge of more than a third is sure to make happy all of the big investment firms who count on high-flying IPOs to pad their fund returns. And while Alibaba may have missed out on several When Facebook filed for its initial public offering (IPO), I wrote Facebook's IPO by the numbers. This is an updated post to that article. Now that Facebook has set its share price, we've got all the numbers we need. Here are the numbers you need to know A year-and-half ago we saw one of the biggest and most hyped tech IPOs from Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Many investors, who had scrambled to get their hands on Facebook stock, saw the share price dip by over 50% in the months following the IPO. It took more than There wasn't much to like about Facebook's first day as a public company. The social media giant's stock rose by mere pennies in its initial public offering. The shares closed at $38.23, barely above the $38 IPO price. The performance fell far short of the .

Many articles are touting the failure of the facebook ipo. The company went public at $38 a share and traded up, settling back down at slightly over the IPO price. I don't think I would call that unsuccessful. The next day of trading, Facebook slumped to $ Feeling overwhelmed with all the Facebook chatter? Is all this talk of the IPO making you yearn for the weekend already? Well, we are going to make life a little easier for you and find the best stuff for you to read from all around the social web. Facebook is preparing to go public in the biggest tech IPO since Google. But what does that mean for its users – and its rivals? Facebook's IPO – which should value the firm between $75-100bn – is the most hyped initial public offering in years. (MoneyWatch) After all that hype, Facebook (FB) shares were up only modestly in the first few hours of trading. The biggest ever initial public offering by an Internet company was delayed for half an hour due to a glitch at the Nasdaq exchange, while eager .