15 Largest Global IPOs of All Time

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8. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)

Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 16

Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 18.1

Facebook’s popularity absolutely sky-rocketed from 2008-2012 and even though I was 18 at the time and living thousands of miles away from the US, I remember the intense anticipation of Facebook’s IPO. When Facebook had its valuation, it was worth $104 billion, the largest valuation at the time, even though there was a subsequent price decline which garnered a lot of controversy.

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