Chapter 258: Apple goes public
On the morning of December 9th, this is a day of historical significance for Apple, and it is on this day that Apple began its legendary road on the NASDAQ, although there was a lonely road in the middle, but after the arrival of the 21st century, under the leadership of Jobs, Apple's market value successfully reached the top, becoming the world's highest market value of a listed company. Flash Dance
Li Guangyu set off at eight o'clock to rush to the trading center where the NASDAQ is located, at this time Apple's senior management has come to the NASDAQ, many news media are interviewing Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and even Ro Wayne, one of the founders who quit Apple's management, also came to the NASDAQ today.
A New York Times reporter asked Steve Jobs: "Mr. Jobs, under your leadership, Apple will be able to go public on the NASDAQ in just a few years, do you have any expectations for Apple when it goes public?"
Steve Jobs is very proud and proud that Apple was able to go public on the NASDAQ so quickly under his leadership.
Steve Jobs said: "We are very confident in the strength of Apple, our Apple's performance is also increasing year by year, to be able to obtain the qualification of NASDAQ listing, it can be seen that everyone is optimistic about our Apple company, I believe that after Apple is listed today, our company's market value will create a new high." ”
A reporter from the Los Angeles Journal asked: "Mr. Jobs, in addition to the high-level participation of your company's senior management in ringing the bell for the company's listing, who else will attend in your company?"
Steve Jobs said: "Other shareholders of our company are also very important about our company's listing, such as Mr. Lee Guangyu will be in attendance, I think you should have known about this news for a long time, and the vice presidents of the three major investment banks of Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns will be in attendance." ”
The three major market makers of Apple's listing this time are these three major investment banks, and their senior management will naturally attend, and Li Guangyu's attendance is that in addition to the equity held by the company's senior management, Li Guangyu holds the largest number of shares, and is now also the major shareholder of Apple, so it is natural to invite him to attend Apple's listing.
The Los Angeles reporter naturally knew the news that Li Guangyu came to New York, and the US headquarters of Li Guangyu's major groups were basically in Los Angeles, so they naturally paid special attention to Li Guangyu's news, especially after the Lakers won the championship, and the coverage of the Li Group and Li Guangyu was their daily work.
The reporter asked Ro Wayne next to him: "Mr. Wayne, this is the first time you have attended Apple's public event after retiring from Apple's management, what do you think about Apple's listing?"
"I'm very happy with Apple's success under Steve Jobs and Wozniak, even though we left Apple for some reasons, and now it's gratifying to see Apple's rapid growth, and Jobs hasn't disappointed everyone," said Roe Wayne. ”
Li Guangyu and his entourage arrived at NASDAQ at 8:40, and many reporters came to interview Li Guangyu, all of whom asked him to push him to the idea that the stock market was about to open.
After Li Guangyu entered the NASDAQ exchange, he saw that it was very lively, and many investment banking elites were waiting for the opening of the stock market.
Steve Wozniak saw Lee Guangyu coming over and said, "Mr. Lee, thank you for coming to attend Apple's listing. ”
Steve Wozniak is very satisfied with Lee Kuang-woo, an Apple shareholder, who has never interfered in the company's affairs or opposed any of the company's resolutions, and they are very comfortable leading the company's development.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Wozniak, our investment in your company is the most successful investment in our investment company, and the company's market value has increased tenfold in a short period of time under your leadership, which is inseparable from the credit of your senior management. ”
Steve Wozniak is also very happy that as long as Apple goes on the market today, he will immediately become a billionaire, which was unimaginable a few years ago.
While Lee and Steve Wozniak were chatting, Goldman Sachs Vice President West Parsons came here and said to Lee, "Mr. Lee, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”
After listening to his introduction, Li Guangyu said to him: "Mr. Parsons, I am also very happy to meet you, and I also thank Goldman Sachs for the importance that we attach to our Li Group. ”
Wester Parsons said with a smile: "Mr. Li, your achievements in the past few years have made countless people feel ashamed, we at Goldman Sachs believe that the Li Group will be able to achieve brilliant achievements under your leadership, and Goldman Sachs hopes to maintain long-term cooperation with you." ”
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Parsons, our Lee Group will definitely cooperate with you Goldman Sachs when necessary. ”
At nine o'clock, as the stock market opened, Apple completed various procedures, and several founders of Apple rang the bell for listing, and Apple was officially listed on the NASDAQ.
Under the operation of Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, Apple's stock price rose rapidly, and the trading volume was also active, Apple opened at $22 per share, and the price soared to $25 in less than half an hour, and Apple's form was very good.
West Parsons said to Li Guangyu: "Mr. Li, congratulations, but unfortunately our Goldman Sachs is not as resolute as you, so that we don't have a lot of shares in hand." ”
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "We didn't expect Apple to be so sought after by shareholders, thanks to you, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, without your operation, Apple would not have achieved such results." ”
After watching the stock market for a while, Li Guangyu said goodbye to the executives of several major investment banks and the founders of Apple, and returned to the hotel.
Li Guangyu is not much interested in watching the changes in Apple's stock price here, anyway, he will not sell his Apple shares.
After the stock market closed in the afternoon, Yuan Tianfan reported to Li Guangyu on the situation of Apple's stock market today.
Yuan Tianfan said excitedly: "Li Sheng, this time we invested in Apple to make a lot of money, we spent a total of 35 million US dollars on the shares we bought, and took out the listed shares to recover 12.7 million US dollars, today Apple's market value has reached 177.8 billion US dollars, and now the value of the shares in our hands is more than 170 million US dollars." ”
Although Yuan Tianfan also thought that this investment would be very profitable, he didn't expect it to be so fast, and the later financing, in order to get a little more shares, the price was a bit high, but now it is a big profit, this investment has made a profit of more than 100 million US dollars for the company, which is still Apple's market value today, with the rise in Apple's stock price, the more profits Tianyu Investment earns.
Li Guangyu was not shocked, after the 21st century, Apple's market value is as high as six or seven hundred billion, where is this.
Li Guangyu said: "Tianfan, we can keep this share for a long time, no matter what changes Apple is in the market, don't release the shares in our hands." ”
Yuan Tianfan said: "Li Sheng, don't worry, about the shares of Apple and Oracle and Intel, we will not release them without your orders." ”
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