Wealth-X Reveals: The Top Five Biggest American IPOs Of All Time
NEW YORK, July 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With the financial world gearing up for the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on the New York Stock Exchange, Wealth-X today released a list of the top five biggest IPOs on record of non-government-owned companies in the United States.
Many analysts predict the Alibaba IPO will be the largest-ever and could raise more than US$20 billion, valuing the company at US$150 billion.
Leading the list of largest IPOs is global payments technology company Visa, which went public in 2008 and raised US$17.9 billion. The company's most significant shareholder, JPMorgan Chase, saw its US$4.1 billion stake increase by 19.66% on the first day of trading – resulting in a profit of US$805 million for the American banking and financial services giant.
Next on the list is Facebook, which launched its IPO in 2012 amid great fanfare and raised US$16 billion in its inaugural trading day on the NASDAQ exchange. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the largest shareholder in the online social network, saw his US$20.3 billion stake rise by 0.57% in the IPO – amounting to a profit of nearly US$115.8 million. Facebook's shares have subsequently surged and Zuckerberg's personal stake in the company is currently valued at US$29.5 billion.
Facebook's first venture capital investor, Accel Partners, funded the tech start-up in 2005 with a US$12.7 million cash injection. At the close of Facebook's first day of trading, Accel's stake – the second largest in the company – was worth US$5.5 billion.
Facebook's IPO generated huge paper gains for a slew of the company's other early investors and employees, including co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, who emerged from the offering with stakes valued at US$5.1 billion and US$2 billion respectively.
Below are the top five largest IPOs in the US to date:
| Rank |
Company |
Amount |
Year of |
Major Shareholder |
Value of Stake On First |
| 1 |
Visa |
17.90 |
2008 |
JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
3,642 |
| 2 |
|
16.00 |
2012 |
Mark Zuckerberg |
19,253 |
| 3 |
AT&T Wireless Group |
10.62 |
2000 |
AT&T Corp. |
85,807 |
| 4 |
Mondelez International* |
8.68 |
2001 |
Altria** |
36,719 |
| 5 |
United Parcel Service |
5.47 |
1999 |
John W. Rogers
|
30.3 |
| * Previously known as Kraft Foods |
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About Wealth-X
Wealth-X is the world's leading ultra high net worth (UHNW) intelligence and prospecting firm with the largest collection of curated research on UHNW individuals, defined as those with net assets of US$30 million and above. Headquartered in Singapore, it has 13 offices on five continents. (www.wealthx.com)
SOURCE Wealth-X
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