Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to $2 trillion
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) CNBC·2024-08-20 01:01

"It was the start of the next era," Grimes said. "Google [and other megacaps that followed] changed the way that we work, live and play. They did it in bigger ways than we all thought and now these are trillion-dollar companies right up at the top."The cumulative market value of companies Grimes has taken public is in the trillions of dollars. Some were more tumultuous, like Facebook 's IPO in 2012, and some pioneered innovative new structures, like Spotify 's direct listing in 2018. But Google's was ground ...