Chapter 1735 Listing Continuation
Recently, Guo Tailai is also bored, and he sells Google stock whenever he meets. Although Google has not yet listed, Guo Tailai can't stand it and has nothing to do!
However, his promotion was a bit superfluous. Google was originally a star in the capital market. Before holding a large amount of cash, it didn't want to go public. It was really forced to go public by the wolves of Wall Street. As for this, I was unwilling to do so. At the beginning, I set the guide price of the issue at a very high level, but after various "tactful" interviews by various Wall Street predators, it was finally lowered to US$110.
This is already twenty-five yuan higher than Google's release price in the future dream. And this is only the initial guide price. Before the listing, there will be a round of online auctions among brokerages. With Google's current performance and prosperity even better than in the future dream, a high price is inevitable. It just depends on how much it increases. It can be said that this time Google's IPO listing will definitely create a large number of rich people.
Many investors and brokerages can't find a way to invest in waving banknotes. Guo Tailai doesn't need to recommend Google, which is also a hot spot for capital. No, even Brin and Page, the two founders of Google, specially found time to come over to thank Guo Tailai before going public.
Because of Guo Tailai's very unique investment methods, except for some listed companies such as Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, those companies that are not listed basically have the clause of no dilution before listing. Although this clause is overbearing, and it is not in line with the current investment mainstream, it is too gambling, and it is not the kind of angel round, round A, round B, several rounds of investment in batches that can reduce risks, but for the founders of the company, it has fatal attraction.
Guo Tailai is willing to invest far more than the A round of financing, and only take a very low proportion of undiluted shares, which is basically 5%, which can give these start-up companies a great convenience. First of all, a lot of development funds have been obtained, and secondly, the founder does not need to pay a larger proportion of the shares, so he can run the company more stably. After the company grows bigger, it will not be a marriage for others and work for itself. Of course, it is an active effort to be a cow and a horse .
Therefore, the founders of companies that Guo Tailai invested in this way are very grateful to Guo Tailai, and their personal relationship is also very good. It's just that most of the founders in the start-up period are quite busy and don't move around much, which can't be compared with successful guys like Bill Paul.
Brin and Page came here to thank Guo Tailai. Because of Guo Tailai, the shares in their hands are much more than in the future dream. The two together account for more than 35%. Now that the listing is imminent, even if it is the lowest estimate, the total value of the shares they hold is more than 35%. He spent tens of billions of dollars, more than Guo Tailai. Isn't this worth coming to thank him in person?
"Actually, it's not me who should be thanked!" Faced with the thanks of the two, Guo Tailai did not take the credit: "It is your wisdom and hard work that brought me a huge fortune as an investor. I just gave a little investment and time. But there is such a big return, and this is all thanks to you. Personally, I am very grateful!"
The two founders were deeply moved by Guo Tailai's words. Which of those hungry crocodiles on Wall Street have ever said such words of thanks? Who doesn't want to invest only one dollar and want to get a return of 100 million U.S. dollars? Who would notice the hard work of ordinary startups? Besides forcing them to sign a series of unequal investment treaties and urging them to go public so that they can cash out, what else have those guys done?
Long live understanding! Who can understand the hard work of starting a business? Who is really thanking them from the heart? At this time, Brin and Page were clearly distinguished. Obviously, it's not the hungry wolves on Wall Street, but the best investor in the world in front of him.
There is no doubt that Guo Tailai is the best investor in the world. Is there any investor who makes entrepreneurs happier than him? Not many shares are required, but enough money is given. What is particularly comfortable is that he almost never dictates the company's development direction, giving entrepreneurs enough freedom.
In Guo Tailai's own words, professional things are left to professional people. He invests in entrepreneurs because they are professional in certain things. In other words, not only recognize their future development, but also recognize their professional ability. Is it unpleasant to get along with such investors?
Instead of letting Wall Street investment banks and brokerages hold shares, why not let Mr. T hold them? What's more, Guo Tailai has recently told many people that he is optimistic about Google, and even expressed that Google's stock price can reach a super high of $1,000. A stock price of US$1,000 means that Google's market value will reach hundreds of billions in the future, which shows that Guo Tailai is not generally optimistic about Google's future.
Because of Guo Tailai's recommendation, a group of heavyweight investors such as Buffett, Rockefeller and others also expressed great interest, so that in the eyes of brokerages, this stock was unexpectedly hot.
"Maybe we should celebrate in advance!" Guo Tailai's proposal was unanimously agreed by the two founders.
At the suggestion of life assistant Freya, Guo Tailai opened a bottle of 1998 Cook's private collection champagne. Founded in 1843, Krug Champagne has always been famous for brewing high-quality champagne, and has the reputation of "Rolls-Royce of Champagne". Currently Kruc Champagne is owned by the LVMH Group, and it is also one of the batch of fine wines that Mr. Gu Lian provided to Guo Tailai. This is the perfect time to celebrate.
Ding! The sound of clinking champagne glasses and the hearty laughter of the three seemed to kick off the skyrocketing wealth. What happened next left many people dumbfounded.
The world famous search engine company Google's share price rose sharply on the day of its listing on Nasdaq, with an increase of 31%. At the close of the day, Google's stock rose from $110 to $144.13, a surge of $34.13. Affected by Google's listing, the stock prices of the other two search engine companies Yahoo and AskJeeves fell at the same time.
In just one day, Google's market value exceeded 40 billion US dollars. The two founders, Brin and Page, each held more than 7 billion US dollars in stock and less than 100 million in cash each. Received tens of millions of dollars in cash and more than four billion dollars in stocks. Overnight, Brin and Page entered the top 100 list of Forbes billionaires. Of course, Guo Tailai ranked further behind and was not eligible to enter the top 100. Meanwhile, more than 1,200 Google employees will be millionaires.
The popularity of Google seems to be inevitable, and there may be a better increase tomorrow. Everyone is looking forward to seeing a better performance from Google.
Amidst the crazy cheers of Google's shareholders, an unconfirmed news surprised all the people who didn't know it before.
Mr. T, a world-renowned rich man, is actually a shareholder of Google, and he is also a major shareholder holding 10% of the shares. If this is true, then just yesterday, Mr. T's net worth skyrocketed by four billion US dollars.