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- Aug 19, 200490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Google Goes Public on Nasdaq at US$85 a Share
- Google set its IPO price at US$85 a share, determined by a Dutch auction, and began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker GOOG on 19 August 2004[1]
- The price valued the company at about US$23 billion and raised US$1.67 billion, of which US$473 million went to selling shareholders such as executives and investors[1]
- Google had cut its bidding range to US$85-95 from US$108-135 and re-applied for SEC approval, which was granted the day before trading began[1]
- CNBC reports the shares rose 18.04% on the first day, against an average first-day gain of 8.9% for that year's IPOs[3]
- The deal size was about US$1.7 billion; CNBC notes Facebook's 2012 IPO raised US$16 billion, almost eight years later[3]
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- [1]90%theregister.com/2004/08/19/google_goog_ipotheregister.com· Posted Oct 4, 2026· Starts Aug 19, 2004 ✓· 50% of score
The Register (published 19 Aug 2004) says Google "will debut on the Nasdaq today as GOOG"; CNBC[3] (2016) lists "Aug. 19, 2004 - Google goes public at $85 a share"; Wikipedia[2] gives 19 August 2004.
- [2]75%Google - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 4, 2026· 50% of score
IPO section dates the listing 19 August 2004 (it prints the ticker as GOOGL; The Register[1] of the day says GOOG, which this pin follows).
- [3]85%Here's how much Google has grown since going public 12 years ago - CNBCcnbc.com· Published Aug 19, 2016· 0% of score
Gives 19 Aug 2004, US$85 price, US$23 billion market cap and the first-day gain.[1]
- [4]75%Google IPO: Stock Price Up More Than 1,500% Since It Went Public - Fortunefortune.com· Published Aug 19, 2015· 0% of score
Fortune retrospective on the 2004 IPO; used only to corroborate that this was the IPO date story.
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