- There was a lot of hype leading up to the IPO May 18, with some on Twitter and Facebook saying they thought shares could nearly double in value. The website facebookipodayclosingprice.com recorded some of the expectations and found that many on social media predicted the closing share price would be $54.
- The IPO price was $38 per share.
- When the market closed May 18, the price of a Facebook share was $38.23.
Well the one thing I wasn't expecting was for Facebook to close at the same price it opened! #facebookipo
23 cents richer than we were this morning. Thank you, #FacebookIPO! What should we spend it on?- So those who bought Facebook shares on the first day of trading didn't see much of a return. But some on Twitter emphasized that first-day shareholder profit wasn't necessarily the goal of the IPO. Facebook raised about $16 billion through the offering, and many employees with stock are now millionaires or billionaires.
The #FacebookIPO created 1000 new millionaires and billionaires today. Including the fb hq painter-he's now a millionaire
FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES CELEBRATE: This Is What Brand New Millionaires And Billionaires Look Like $FB by @nichcarlson read.bi/JcThwk
Zuckerberg must be pretty disappointed with the #facebookipo today. He only walked away with a smooth 19 billion- For those interested, that comes out to about $802 mil per hour, $13 mil per min, or about $222,000 per second #facebookipo
Follow Mark Zuckerberg's Worth in Real-TimeFacebook chief Mark Zuckerberg is now one of the wealthiest people in the world, at least on paper. In today's IPO, Mr. Zuckerberg is sel...Investment firms who already had stakes in Facebook also made money, including the Elevation Partners investment group. The group, whose investment team includes U2 lead singer Bono, owns 2.3 percent of Facebook.
- Bono's Billion-Dollar Facebook IPO Haul: By The NumbersYou could buy nearly seven million pair of Bulgari Bono sunglasses with the cash. By Gil Kaufman U2's Bono Photo: D. Dipasupil/ WireImage...
U2's Bono will make more on #FacebookIPO than throughout his 30-year music career, @businessinsider reports $FB- Facebook also set records for volume, an indicator of interest in the stock.
Facebook sets first day volume record; exceeds GM's record 458m shares for first trading day. #FacebookIPO- Breaking: Facebook's volume crosses 500M shares; only IPO to see 500M shares traded on first day of trading. #FacebookIPO
@shibanijoshi TON of volume on an 80+ billion market cap. total success. #FacebookIPO
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