Tuesday marked the tenth anniversary of Google's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) initial public offering. I kept the newspaper from that day, the San Jose Mercury News, and I distinctly remember Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak loudly proclaming how overpriced Google was.
Since then:
+ The company has increased more than ten-fold in value since the IPO;
+ The stock has never been below its IPO price;
+ There are 52,000 workers at Google now, a twenty-fold increase from the IPO;
+ The firm has gobbled up over 250 smaller companies in the past decade;
+ Only two companies on thet planet – Apple and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) – are worth more
Congratulations, Googlers!