Microsoft stock goes public

13th March 1986
Microsoft stock goes public

On 13th March 1986, Microsoft went public and completed its IPO at a price of $21 per share.

By the end of the first days trading, the share price had increased to $35.50.

Microsoft stock climbed more than a hundredfold between 1986 and 1996.

Related information:

• Centre for Computing History: Microsoft

Images:

• A certificate for 200 Microsoft shares issued in March 1998.
  Credit: Pippinitis via microsoft.fandom.com CC BY-SA

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