Interesting… Facebook can remain private but still float its shares through Goldman or through secondmarket… stock consolidators remain the holder of record and trade the shares amonst preferred clients… Apparently this happened with Google employee options prior to going public a few years back?
I was unaware of this, it’s pretty awesome of you ask me.
I am sure there are many privates who have been doing this for many many years solely to skirt disclosure rules for public companies.
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interesting video on youtube with an interview of secondmarket founder barry silbert
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another great interview with Barry… i’m surprised the mildly attractive interviewer seems to really know what she’s asking