The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

From 2000 to 2013, Dell's PC sales slowed, it "di-worsified" its business with expensive acquisitions, and missed the shift toward mobile devices. In late 2013, Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners took the company private for $25 billion. That seemed to mark the end of Dell as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

In 2012, Meta Platforms (then known as Facebook) made a big splash with its initial public offering. Twitter followed in 2013 but was later taken private by Elon Musk and rebranded as X. Snapchat and Pinterest went public in 2017 and 2019, respectively. It has 267 million average weekly users.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Later that year, JAB tried to take Panera public via a different route -- a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called USHG Acquisition Corp. The unusual SPAC arrangement ultimately failed, keeping Panera in the hands of private company JAB. That level of growth is possible through menu-price inflation alone.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At the time of our initial public offering in 2013, we were operating just eight markets across four states. In 2023, our geographic footprint continue to grow. We added a new market and a new state to our map with our first closings in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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