In this article we are going to list the 5 largest global IPOs of all time. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list please take a look at the 15 largest global IPOs of all time.
5. Visa (NYSE:V)
Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 17.9
Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 21.8
Chances are, you have a Visa card right now in your wallet. Visa is renowned across the world and has a presence in more than 150 countries. The IPO of the company took place in 2008, and would have been the second largest IPO at the time in the world.
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4. NTT Mobile (NYSE:NTT)
Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 18.1
Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 28.7
NTT is only ranked lower in our list due to its IPO having taken place back in 1998, and remained the largest IPO in Japan for the next two decades. If adjusted for inflation, the communication company would’ve had the largest IPO in history, easily overtaking our top 3 companies.
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3. SoftBank Corp.
Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 21.3
Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 22.1
SoftBank achieved Japan’s largest IPO in December 2018, and was at the time, the second largest IPO in history. The conglomerate has stakes in various different companies engaging in multiple industries including financial, technology and energy. It is also responsible for the biggest venture capital fund in the world, Vision Fund, which has more than $100 billion in capital.
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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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1. Saudi Aramco
Total value of the IPO (in billions of dollars): 25.6
Total value of the IPO adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 25.9
Saudi Aramco is an oil company which is owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, and is also the most profitable company in the entire world. The IPO of Saudi Aramco took place in December 2019, and on only the second day of trading, the company obtained a valuation of over $2 trillion, showcasing the immense demand. It is one of only two companies right now to have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, the other being Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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