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Initial Public Offering
Is the first public stock offer of a corporation. Even if a corporation divides it's capital in stocks, the public may not have access to it's stock. Non public corporations can have only a few owners. When a corporation “opens” it's capital, their stocks are traded in the capital market.
An initial public offering is a way to gather additional capital.
After an IPO, a portion of the capital can be traded in the stock market.
Some of the largest IPO in history were:
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