Thursday, September 15, 2011

Facebook delay the IPO until the end of 2012

SAN FRANCISCO. Facebook investor intentions tucked the stock should be suspended. Because the largest social networking site in the world is to delay an IPO (initial public offering / IPO) until the end of 2012.

Originally, Facebook was scheduled to offer IPO at the end of next year. IPO is considered one of the largest in the world. Asset value is estimated to reach U.S. $ 66.5 billion.

However, a source whispered, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wanted to postpone the IPO until September 2012. According to him, Zuckerberg wants its employees to focus work on developing new products first.

The analysts said Facebook is a very reasonable policy. Lise Buyer, a consultant who handles Google's IPO said, Facebook is no need to rush to offer their shares to the public. The reason, he considered the company would not need the money. "They will be an IPO if it is ready and well, not before," he said.

As well greeting Peter Thiel, a Facebook investor famous. He said the reason for the delay IPO Facebook is very acceptable.

He said the technology company will postpone the IPO as long as they want. Thiel pointed out that Google did not go public for six years before dominating the search engines. "This is a good example of competitive strategy," he said.

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