Twitter launched its initial public offering and started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on November 7, 2013. After the day's trading, shares closed at $44.90, giving the company a valuation of about $31 billion.
Let's take a look at some of the biggest IPOs floated by Internet companies.
Source: Bloomberg Visual Data
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Value of issue: $16 billion
Trade date: May 17, 2012
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Internet content, entertainment
Overall rank: 1
Facebook, which was founded in 2004, is now a Fortune 500 company.
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World Online International
Value of issue: $2.91 billion
Trade date: March 17, 2000
Issuer country: The Netherlands
Industry: Web portals, ISP
Overall rank: 2
World Online International, which was founded in 1996, was an Internet service provider based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The company was acquired by Italian ISP, Tiscali, in 2000.
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T-Online International
Value of issue: $2.77 billion
Trade date: April 17, 2000
Issuer country: Germany
Industry: Web portals, ISP
Overall rank: 3
T-Online International, which was founded in 1995, is the biggest Internet service provider in Germany.
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Value of issue: $1.91 billion
Trade date: August 18, 2004
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Web portals, ISP
Overall rank: 4
Google, which was founded in 1998, is one of the biggest companies in the world.
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Genuity
Value of issue: $1.91 billion
Trade date: June 27, 2000
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Web hosting, design
Overall rank: 5
Genuity, which was founded in 1949, claims to have sent the first email in the world.
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Wanadoo
Value of issue: $1.84 billion
Trade date: June 27, 2000
Issuer country: France
Industry: Web portals, ISP
Overall rank: 6
Wanadoo stopped operating as a global brand in 2006 after being renamed Orange.
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Value of issue: $1.82 billion
Trade date: November 7, 2013
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Internet content, entertainment
Overall rank: 7
Twitter, which was founded in 2006, is now one of the 10 most visited websites in the world.
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Alibaba.com
Value of issue: $1.69 billion
Trade date: November 6, 2007
Issuer country: China
Industry: E-commerce, services
Overall rank: 8
Alibaba.com, a Chinese e-commerce portal, made its debut on the Hong Kong stock market in 2007.
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Yandex
Value of issue: $1.43 billion
Trade date: May 23, 2011
Issuer country: The Netherlands
Industry: Web portals, ISP
Overall rank: 9
Yandex, which was founded in 1997, runs the largest search engine in Russia.
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Giant Interactive Group
Value of issue: $1.01 billion
Trade date: November 01, 2007
Issuer country: China
Industry: Internet content, entertainment
Overall rank: 10
Giant Interactive Group, which was founded in 2001, is a Chinese company that runs and creates online games.
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TD Waterhouse Group
Value of issue: $1.00 billion
Trade date: June 22, 1999
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Internet brokers
Overall rank: 11
TD Waterhouse Group provides brokerage and investor services around the world.
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Mail.ru Group
Value of issue: $1.00 billion
Trade date: November 05, 2010
Issuer country: Russia
Industry: Web portals/ISP
Overall rank: 12
Mail.ru Group, which was founded in 1998, is one of the top Internet companies in Russian-speaking countries.
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Zynga
Value of issue: $1.00 billion
Trade date: December 15, 2011
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: Internet application software
Overall rank: 13
Zynga, which was founded in 2007, creates social games for stand-alone mobile-phone platforms and Internet.
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Renren
Value of issue: $854.9 million
Trade date: May 04, 2011
Issuer country: China
Industry: Internet content, entertainment
Overall rank: 14
Renren, which was founded in 2005, is called the Facebook of China.
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Groupon
Value of issue: $805 million
Trade date: November 03, 2011
Issuer country: The United States
Industry: E-commerce, services
Overall rank: 15
Groupon, which was founded in 2008, deals in discounted gift certificates that can be exchanged at outlets.
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