Not all the billion dollar companies trade publicly, some of the recent IPO’s you may have heard of is Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Some IPO’s you may be expecting in a few years include Twitter, Glam Media and Dropbox, for now they remain private. Business Insider ave compiled a list of the most valuable private companies based on several metrics common stock and valuations.
It has been an exciting time for Tech companies, although several IPO’s in the last few years have had their shares plummet (Demand Media, Facebook, Zynga, Groupon; New companies are still emerging with new products and technology such as Square, the revolution in payment processing. Some of the older tech companies are launching exciting products such as Amazon’s Kindle, Google Glasses, Apple’s tablets and PC’s and Oracle.
Here are the top ten check out Business Insider for the rest:
1. Alibaba
2. Bloomberg
3. Twitter
4. 360Buy
5. Palantir
6. Dropbox
7. Square
8. MLB.com
9. SoftLayer
10. Vente-Privee
