Facebook Goes Public With Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just rang the opening of the New York Stock Exchange from their Menlo Park, CA headquarters, paving the way for Facebook to go public today. Their initial public offering consistes of 421,233,615 shares of its common stock at $38 per share, which will begin trading at 11am on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “FB”.

photo by Scott Beale