The birth of a $100 billion company
by comsharp on 2009-09-26 12:51:20
On September 24, 2009, a $100 billion company called 37signals was born in Chicago, where a group of investors bought 0.000000001% of the company's shares for $1. 37signals founder Jason Fried made the announcement at the company's all-hands meeting, revealing that the funding round came from Yardstick Capital and Institutionalized Venture Partners. 37signals hit the $100 billion mark that day.