Go public is a corporation goes public when it issues shares of its stock in the open market for the first time, in what is known as an initial public offering (IPO). That means that at least some of the shares are held by members of the public rather than exclusively by the investors who founded and funded the corporation initially.
Barry Goldsmith
| APA | Barry Goldsmith. (2010). go public. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/go_public/definitions/1154967 |
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