Google 's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004. A total of 19,605,052 shares were offered at a price of $85 per share. Of that, 14,142,135 (another mathematical reference as √ 2 ≈ 1.4142135) were floated by Google and 5,462,917 by selling stockholders. The sale raised US $1.67 billion, and gave Google a market capitalization of more than $23 billion. Many of Google 's employees became instant paper millionaires. Yahoo!, a competitor of Google, also benefited from the IPO because it owns 2.7 million shares of Google.
when did google go public and what was the price
August 19, 2004 $85 per share