Warren Buffett-Backed Snowflake Nets Largest Software IPO Ever
The firm’s debut on the public market also marks the biggest US IPO of 2020.
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Jack Ma’s Ant Group May See Largest Float Ever
All eyes will be on the Chinese billionaire’s firm as it threatens to beat Saudi Aramco’s initial valuation.
Elon Musk Becomes the World’s Fifth-Richest Man, Again
Following a stock surge, the Tesla CEO’s net worth has risen above that of Warren Buffett and Mukesh Ambani.
Tim Cook Achieves Billionaire Status
Buoyed by rising Apple share prices, the influential tech CEO finally joins the billionaire club.
“Big Five” US Tech Companies Reach $6.4 Trillion Market Cap
GAFAM – that’s Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft – have seen their collective market valuation surge by 53% in just one year.
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of WeWork
In less than one year, WeWork went from having a $47 billion valuation and being the darling of the venture capital world to needing an $8 billion infusion to avoid running out of money. This is the story of Adam Neumann, Softbank's risky…
How to Value Your Company for Investors
For an entrepreneur or business owner seeking equity, one of the biggest initial challenges lies around attaining a solid and realistic company valuation.
What Kind of Value Generator is Your Company?
The question often posed to the software industry is how do privately owned software companies achieve high valuations whilst simultaneously loosing huge sums of money?
Will There Be Another Apple?
By Louisa Rochford
Apple Inc. reached a valuation of one trillion dollars in August of this year, the first of this phenomenon in history. At the time, the company was in tight competition with Amazon, both vying for this…
Are Unicorns Real? How Is a Company Valued?
When Aileen Lee created the term ‘Unicorn’ to describe any privately held start-up valued at over $1 billion, she was speaking about their mythical rarity. But she could also have been talking about their mythical price tags. Below Will…