Hugging a hoodie has always been a risky business, but never before have the stakes been so high.
Tomorrow, Wall Street will invite the world to buy shares in Facebook and take what is expected to be a $104 billion gamble on its guiding light, Mark Zuckerberg, a hoodie-wearing 28-year-old who, only a few years ago, gave out business cards that read: ‘I’m CEO, b*tch’.
It’s no wonder, then, that Friday’s stock market launch - or initial public offering (IPO) - of the internet’s most popular social network has evoked almost as many shivers of fear in the business world as it has gasps of excitement.
Zuckerberg, a dentist’s son who created his original networking site in a single night from his dorm room at Harvard just eight years ago, will ring the opening bell on New York’s NASDAQ exchange tomorrow. Read Full
Tomorrow, Wall Street will invite the world to buy shares in Facebook and take what is expected to be a $104 billion gamble on its guiding light, Mark Zuckerberg, a hoodie-wearing 28-year-old who, only a few years ago, gave out business cards that read: ‘I’m CEO, b*tch’.
It’s no wonder, then, that Friday’s stock market launch - or initial public offering (IPO) - of the internet’s most popular social network has evoked almost as many shivers of fear in the business world as it has gasps of excitement.
Zuckerberg, a dentist’s son who created his original networking site in a single night from his dorm room at Harvard just eight years ago, will ring the opening bell on New York’s NASDAQ exchange tomorrow. Read Full
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