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Chinese financial technology firm Ant Group debuts on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges, with its IPO worth up to US$34.4 billion. This surpasses Saudi Aramco, whose IPO was worth US$29.4 billion, as the strongest debut on a stock exchange. Jack Ma, whose company Alibaba Group is backing the debut, is expected to become the richest man in China as a result.
2020-10-26

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves new rules that will allow companies that wish to raise capital, and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, to use direct listings instead of IPOs.
2020-08-26

Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil.
2019-11-3

Uber makes its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, starting by selling stocks at $42 and closing at $41.60. Uber's market cap drops from over $80 billion to about $72 billion.
2019-05-10

Linn Energy, an oil-and-gas producer with about $10 billion in debt, says a bankruptcy filing may be unavoidable. The company was founded in 2003 and had its initial public offering in 2006.
2016-03-15

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group lists on NYSE in one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
2014-09-19

Social games developer King completes its initial public offering, valuing the company at US$7 billion.
2014-03-26

Twitter sets a modest-seeming goal of US$1.6 billion for its forthcoming initial public offering.
2013-10-24

Bloomberg reports Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
2011-06-6

United States car maker General Motors files for an Initial Public Offering.
2010-08-18