The 14 Biggest IPOs in History

The 14 Biggest IPOs in History

February 1, 2012

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Deal Size: $15.301 billion
Date: February 9, 1987

Before the IPO boom of the 1990s, Japan's telecom giant set the gold standard for IPO size when it became listed on Japanese exchanges. It later added listings in New York and London.

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The graffiti artist who decorated the walls of Facebook’s first headquarters and opted to get paid in stock instead of cash. Choe’s artful move will have a pretty payoff, which reports have estimated to total anywhere from $200 million to $500 million.

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