At 4:30 pm on October 6, the New York stock market closed.
On the first day of listing, Yigret's stock price reached a high of $56.75. By the close of trading, many investors could not hold back and began to sell, and eventually settled at $53.125. Even so, Yigret's stock price rose as high as 51.7% on the first day of listing, with a closing market value of US$229.8 billion.
From an IPO valuation of US$150 billion to a closing price of US$229.8 billion on the first day, in just one day, the market value of this much-anticipated new technology giant increased by nearly US$80 billion, and in one fell swoop surpassed Cisco, which originally ranked first in market capitalization in the North American stock market. .
At the close of the day, Cisco's market value was $223.7 billion.
Driven by the surge in Igret's listing, the entire technology stock market was on the rise on October 6.
The Nasdaq index, which exceeded 2,000 points at the beginning of this year, reached a new high on October 6, reaching a high of 2,618 points with a single-day increase of 3.5%. As a result, the total market value of the stocks of the entire Nasdaq listed companies reached $3.1 trillion.
Before the listing, when many media calculated Simon's personal assets, Igret's equity was valued at US$100 billion, which was criticized by some as being too overvalued.
Now, Ygritte Company is officially listed. After this IPO, Simon's shareholding ratio in Ygritte in the name of Westeros Company has dropped significantly to 59.2%. According to the first-day closing market value of US$229.8 billion, he The total value of the 2.561 billion shares held also reached $136.1 billion.
Let’s look at the three Internet giants mainly controlled by Yigrit.
Cisco's closing market value on October 6 was US$223.7 billion, Westeros held 46.3% of the shares, and the stock value was US$103.5 billion.
AOL's closing market value on October 6 was US$179.1 billion, with Westeros holding 65.5% of the shares and a stock value of US$117.3 billion.
Just these three giants have contributed US$356.9 billion in wealth to Simon.
If you include Daenerys Entertainment Group, which had a market value of US$176.1 billion when it was suspended on September 29, Westeros Company’s shareholding in Daenerys Entertainment is 81.9%. This part of the assets has contributed to Simon’s wealth of 144.3 billion US dollars. Dollar. Counting the Big Three, the total is $501.2 billion.
The wealth brought by these four companies to Simon has exceeded US$500 billion.
There is no doubt that in the new annual "Forbes" list of the 400 richest Americans, which will be released at the end of the month, Simon's personal wealth will increase again compared to the US$620 billion estimated by "Fortune" magazine a few months ago.
Ordinary people are becoming more and more numb to this number, but many institutions have begun to study the impact of the Westeros system on the global economy more carefully.
You know, even if calculated based on 1995, which has not yet ended, there will not be more than 10 countries in the world with a GDP of US$600 billion. The social wealth that the entire Westeros system can control and even influence has exceeded that of most economies in the world.
Faced with the miracle of Yigret's stock price on its first day of listing, no one will doubt anymore that the information industry is the future of the world.
Simon Westeros almost controls this future.
At least the future of America.
After October 6th, the weekend will follow.
There was nothing special to divert the attention of the media and the public this time. All everyone saw this weekend was the news about the listing of Ygrit.
In addition to this IPO once again confirming Simon's personal wealth of 100 billion US dollars from the stock book, the four giants of Igret have also become the focus of media attention.
Based on the stock price closing at US$53.125 on the first day, the personal wealth of Tim Berners-Lee, Jeff Bezos and Carol Bartz, the three founding tycoons of Eaglet who received 151 million shares, all reached 80 A former housekeeper of the Westeros family who came from behind to obtain 76 million shares in the Amazon online mall has a personal wealth of US$4 billion.
In the past few years, in addition to Simon's dominance on the "Forbes" America's 400 richest list, one of the highlights on the list is the spectacle of the five Waltons dominating the screen.
This time, Simon still leads the way, but Tim Berners-Lee, who has gained a personal fortune of US$8 billion through the listing of Ygritte, is certain to be among the top ten. Housekeeper Alice ·With Ferguson’s US$4 billion, there is no doubt that he will enter the top 20.
Because the stock price has continued to rise in the past year since its listing, Daenerys Entertainment CEO Amy Pascal, who received a large amount of equity awards during the IPO process last year, has recently been estimated by the media to have a personal wealth of about US$3.5 billion. She can also easily squeeze into the top ranks. 20 ranks.
In addition, there is the Raybould family that has been hiding behind the scenes in Westeros.
Simon has not treated James Raybould and his wife who have worked hard to help him manage the Westeros company over the years, not to mention Jennifer.
Just like the IPO of Eaglet, Simon gave the couple a total of 8 million shares of Eaglet through rewards and subscriptions, relying on the Rayboulds' advisory and other positions in Eaglet in recent years. Perhaps It is far less than the Big Four, but the value of 12 million shares, based on the closing stock price on the first day, is more than $420 million.
Over the years, in addition to stock subscriptions and awards for important subsidiaries of Westeros such as Daenerys, Cisco, and AOL, Simon suggested that the Rayboulds also made many investments, including the original purchase of 1% of Microsoft. According to Microsoft's closing market value of US$134.6 billion on October 6, the current value of its shares exceeds US$1.3 billion.
After all calculations, the total assets under the name of James Raybould and his wife have actually reached US$3 billion.
In the past few years, because of deliberately keeping a low profile, the surname Raybould has been relatively low on the wealth list. Because shareholdings generally do not need to be declared, last year Forbes magazine assessed the assets of the Raybould family at only 5 billion, far lower than the actual figure.
At the noon cocktail party on the day Igret was listed, Steve Forbes, the head of Forbes Group, specifically mentioned this matter to Simon. He felt that James was definitely a fish that slipped through the Forbes list. However, James still has no intention of announcing the family wealth and plans to continue to hide it, and Forbes does not intend to expose this matter.
In any case, on this year's Forbes 400 Richest Americans list, not only will there be a large number of Westeros system upstarts at the top, but there will also be a bunch of Westeros system high-ranking people on the entire 400 list. Guan is on the list.
You know, according to the closing price on October 6, among the senior executives of Eagle, excluding the Big Four such as Tim Berners-Lee, there are 26 people whose net worth directly exceeds 100 million, which is higher than the initial price of 30 There are 7 more people than the 19 people who defined the US dollar issue price. The entry threshold for this year's "Forbes" America's 400 Richest List is about US$350 million, and there are 11 qualified Igret executives.
In addition to the batch spawned by the listing of Ygritte, there will also be many core companies on the list such as Daenerys Entertainment, AOL, Cisco, Cersei Capital and other listed companies, as well as unlisted companies such as Tinker Bayer and Instagram.
Preliminary statistics show that among the 400 richest people in the list, with a threshold of US$350 million, the core of the Westeros system will take away no less than 35 places. Although many people are ranked relatively low, it is still 260 million in the United States. 400 of the total population, the real top of the pyramid.
And, globally, there are only going to be more.
The most typical one is the Johnston family in Australia. Relying on Simon's unswerving support, the Johnston family, with a total family assets of no less than 10 billion US dollars, has now become one of the top plutocratic families in the world.
The rise and fall of prosperity is a law that almost no enterprise, group or even country can escape.
The Westeros system is not yet at its peak, but Simon has been considering this matter consciously or unconsciously, and has taken corresponding measures to delay this pattern.
Yigret's IPO is undoubtedly very successful.
This issuance totaled 714 million shares. Counting the additional 100 million shares expected to be issued through the green shoe mechanism triggered by the first day of listing, the total amount raised reached US$28.6 billion. Excluding the 183 million shares cashed out by a group of shareholders, it is equivalent to US$6.4 billion. , and the remaining US$22.2 billion will be transferred to Ygritte's company account for corporate development.
Although Igret's annual revenue at this stage has exceeded 10 billion U.S. dollars, the sudden increase of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in cash will inevitably make senior executives tend to spend more money.
October 7th.
On the second day after the listing, Simon convened an impromptu meeting with all Yigrit executives who were still in New York to discuss the issue of how Yigrit might change its operational attitude due to this successful IPO.
Simon made the topic clear at the beginning of the meeting.
The US$22.2 billion in funds this time will all be used as Yigrit’s long-term cash reserves to resist the risks brought about by future changes in the industrial situation. To put it bluntly, this money will be used as Yigrit’s future development on the Internet. Special funds to keep businesses expanding after the bubble bursts.
Every bull market must end.
Simon believes that the U.S. technology stock market can survive for a long time, but he has no doubt that the new technology bubble will inevitably burst one day in the future, leading to a market downturn that will last for several years. At that time, if it can have a large amount of funds, in addition to maintaining the stable operation of its own enterprise, Yigrit can also take the opportunity to buy at the bottom and further realize its expansion in the Internet industry.
To achieve this, we must not only not spend the US$22.2 billion this time, but also reserve as much as possible.
Therefore, in the next few years, while the market situation is still good, Igret will continue to issue a batch of long-term corporate bonds to raise funds in order to reserve more funds. As for corporate development, Yigret's current revenue volume is enough to be self-sufficient, and it must be self-sufficient.
All in all, after the IPO, Igret's expansion will not only not increase, but will gradually slow down.
At the same time, I started to slim down.
At least prepare for downsizing.
Then we will delve deeply into the three core businesses of search engines, social networks and e-commerce, and ingrain the three most promising businesses in Simon's memory. By then, even if all other businesses are abandoned or decline, Igret will inevitably It will become a super giant with a market capitalization of trillions.
Midtown Manhattan.
In a conference room at the Westeros corporate headquarters in Rockefeller Center, after discussing how to live a tight life after the IPO, Simon finally said to Tim Berners-Lee and others: "There is one more thing, you, and many other companies Senior management, they all have a lot of wealth after this IPO, but I don’t want to see everyone slacking off from now on.
If you think you can start enjoying life now, no problem, please resign first, and then you can enjoy everything you already have, this is what you deserve. However, if you are unwilling to continue working hard and do not want to give up your current position, I am sorry that once discovered, I can only ask you to leave.
This is what I'm saying to you, Tim, Jeff, Carly, and Ellie. I don't need to hear what you promise, I'll just watch what you do. Remember to pass my message on to everyone else in the company when you get back to Los Angeles. Remember, I am very, very serious when I say this, and I am not joking in any way.
Finally, any other questions? "
The four giants who were suddenly beaten in front of Simon were slightly awe-inspiring and shook their heads.
"In this case, let's adjourn the meeting. We won't entertain everyone at noon. Well, Aili, you stay."
The three of them, Tim Berners-Lee, stood up and left the office, leaving only Alice Ferguson, who happened to be sitting next to Simon during the meeting.
Simon waited for a moment and saw the conference room door being closed. Then he turned sideways and said to Alice next to him: "In today's meeting, the person I want to talk to most is you, Ellie. Do you know why?"
The housekeeper also turned slightly and nodded slightly.
Among the Big Four, Tim Berners-Lee is a technical talent and is not involved in too much business management. Jeff Bezos is a very strict and somewhat conservative manager, and he will definitely be able to better implement Simon's request to make Yigrit live a tight life. Carol Bartz is responsible for Yigrit's software and The service business may currently contribute a large amount of revenue to Ygritte, but it is not the core of Ygritte that Simon likes.
Only the housekeeper has made great progress in the expansion of Amazon's online mall in the past few years, with a rather radical style.
Going from aggressive to reserved is not always easy.
While admiring the housekeeper's delicate and perfect face, Simon thought for a moment and asked, "Ally, can you draw?"
The housekeeper shook her head: "No."
Simon didn't mind and continued: "In fact, learning to draw is the same as running Amazon now. No matter which painting style a person starts from, as long as he accumulates enough skills in one aspect, it is easy to draw parallels when learning other painting techniques. .By the way, the computer programming language is the same, you must be familiar with this."
Alice nodded: "I understand, boss, and I will implement your plan seriously."
Simon was a little surprised: "Really?"
"Um."
Simon thought he needed to persuade her, but when he saw the housekeeper being so straightforward, he was a little confused and even asked with a bit of ridicule: "Why did you change your insistence so easily?"
Alice's beautiful blue eyes blinked twice: "Because your suggestion is right. Moreover, Amazon's early steps of burning money to cultivate the market have been completed. Even if it still needs to be done, it can now be left to the influx of electronic products. Other hot money in the business field will be the main source of subsidies in the next few years. Starting next year, what I have to do is to continuously optimize the warehousing and logistics system, maximize efficiency, and reduce costs, so that the Amazon online mall can form a sustainable Business model. However, boss, Amazon will continue to lose money for a long time in the future, because I will continue to expand Amazon’s sales network to an appropriate extent, so this kind of loss is inevitable, and it is not the overall expansion of Yigrit. and tax avoidance of technical losses.”
After Simon listened carefully, he suddenly felt that Leng Meiren seemed to be seriously deceiving him.
The ladies may restrain themselves appropriately and stop burning $1 billion like they did this year.
However, it seems that he doesn't intend to change too much in his heart.
It’s hard to change your nature.
Tiptoeing on the leather chair, Simon moved closer to Alice. Simon stretched out his hand to hold the housekeeper's delicate chin and admired it again, saying, "Who did you learn this from? Why is it a bit, um, sinister?"
I couldn't find an accurate English translation for the word "black belly" for a while, so I simply used it in Chinese.
Then there was the slightly confused expression of the housekeeper.
Simon didn't explain. He leaned over and kissed the girl on the lips. The cool touch felt good, so he got closer, intending to use a more primitive method to persuade a stubborn girl who didn't want to repent.