Facebook discussing filing IPO in 2012
November 30th, 2011 - 11:16 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattNew York, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook is reportedly in talks for an initial public offering in April 2012. The social networking site which is home to about 800 million users will reportedly offer $4 billion in stocks which is eventually expected to grow to $100 billion making the company one of the biggest in the world.
Sources say the company is currently working towards getting listed on the stock market which is one of the most anticipated in the business world. Founder Mark Zuckerberg has indicated in the past that he prefers the company to stay off the stock market for the time being.
During an interview with The Financial Times in September, Zuckerberg said he will prefer to have the company concentrate on developing new products. He told the newspaper that he prefers to wait until the later part of 2012 to have the company goes public.
Facebook spokesman Larry Yu declined to speak on the speculation. He said “we’re not going to participate in speculation about an IPO.”
If the report turns out to be accurate, Facebook will be offering the largest IPO by any technology company. The company will also be one of only four US companies to offer $1 billion IPO. The other companies are Visa, AT&T and General Motors.
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