On May 16, two days before the IPO, Facebook announced that it would sell 25% more shares than originally planned due to high demand. [25] This meant the stock would debut with 421 million shares. [23] The Facebook IPO brought inevitable comparisons with other technology company offerings.

Nov 17, 2019 · When a company's stock gets released to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), there's usually not much news coverage outside of the financial media outlets. But that was not the case in...

Jan 27, 2025 · Facebook (FB), now Meta Platforms Inc. (META), went public with its initial public offering (IPO) on May 18, 2012. The popular social networking company had one of the largest and most...

May 15, 2012 · May 18: Facebook's IPO will raise at least $16 billion, making it the third-largest IPO in U.S. history. More

May 14, 2012 · Facebook is set to raise $13.6 billion from its IPO (or higher, given the increased range), which is a healthy war chest for all manner of things -- buying another Instagram, fending off patent...

Aug 29, 2012 · Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the...

May 17, 2012 · Facebook sets IPO share price at $38: $104 billion valuation; Facebook files for $5 billion IPO; Facebook's IPO in pictures and Facebook's IPO by the numbers

Facebook priced its IPO at $38 per share on Thursday, at the high end of its expected range. If extra shares reserved to cover additional demand are sold as part of the transaction, Facebook...

Status update: Facebook has priced its shares at $38 apiece and will raise $16 billion (up to $18.4 billion with its over-allotment option) tomorrow in its long-awaited initial public...

May 18, 2022 · Facebook raised $16 billion, the third-largest U.S. IPO ever, behind only Visa in 2008 and General Motors in 2010. Within the tech industry, the biggest up to that point had been Agere...