Facebook IPO By April 2012
The Social Network that Mark Zuckerberg founded in 2004 is now valued at $50 billion. Facebook announced that the company has recently raised $1.5 billion from venture funds and that sets the ground for the company to go public. The reports have it that Facebook will file for IPO in April 2012.
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Facebook IPO By 2012
With Facebook going public, the company will have to disclose all its financial to public. The company has no reason to stay private and if it has to expand its operations, the best option it has is to go public. However people have opinions that Zuckerberg may pull out all his money from Facebook (which is worth billions of dollars) as soon as FB goes public. There are growing concerns among people about private trading of Facebook stock on places like SecondMarket.
What is your take on Facebook going public in 2012?