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| - | ====== Initial Public Offering Definition ====== | + | ====== What is an Initial Public Offering? ====== |
| **An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first public stock offer of a corporation**. Non public corporations can have only a few owners. When a corporation "opens" it's capital, their stocks are traded in the [[en:capital-market|capital market]]. After the IPO, the stocks are traded in the [[en:secondary-market|secondary market]] and anyone can boy them. A stock represents a small fraction of the capital of a corporation. | **An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the first public stock offer of a corporation**. Non public corporations can have only a few owners. When a corporation "opens" it's capital, their stocks are traded in the [[en:capital-market|capital market]]. After the IPO, the stocks are traded in the [[en:secondary-market|secondary market]] and anyone can boy them. A stock represents a small fraction of the capital of a corporation. | ||
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| Some of the largest IPOs in history were: | Some of the largest IPOs in history were: | ||
| - | * [[Bank of China]] 2006: $11.1 billion | + | * Bank of China 2006: $11.1 billion |
| - | * [[AT&T]] 2000: $10.62 billion | + | * AT&T 2000: $10.62 billion |
| - | * [[OAO Rosneft]] 2006: $10.65 billion | + | * OAO Rosneft 2006: $10.65 billion |
| - | * [[Deutsche Telekom AG]] 1996: $12.48 billion | + | * Deutsche Telekom AG 1996: $12.48 billion |
| - | * [[General Motors]] 2010: $15.8 billion | + | * General Motors 2010: $15.8 billion |
| - | * [[Enel SpA]] Italian Energy Company 1999: $16.58 billions | + | * Enel SpA Italian Energy Company 1999: $16.58 billions |
| - | * [[VISA]] 2008: 17.9 billions | + | * VISA 2008: 17.9 billions |
| - | * [[NTT Mobile Communications]] 1998: Japanese cell phones 18.4 billion | + | * NTT Mobile Communications 1998: Japanese cell phones 18.4 billion |
| - | * [[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)]] 2006: $19.1 billion | + | * Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 2006: $19.1 billion |
| - | * [[Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)]] 2010: $19.2 billion | + | * Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) 2010: $19.2 billion |
| ===== See also: ===== | ===== See also: ===== | ||
| [[Primary Market]] | [[Primary Market]] | ||