5 Largest Global IPOs of All Time

2. Alibaba (US) (NYSE:BABA)

Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 21.8

Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 23.9

Alibaba is one of the biggest companies in the world, and is the only company in our list of largest global IPOs of all time to make it here twice. The technology company specializes in retail, Internet and e-commerce among other businesses and was founded in 1999. The company had its IPO in 2014, and at the time, it was the biggest IPO in the history of the world.

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