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Anyone know what the biggest exit for a bootstrapped company is?

• binarymax 11y ago
  Mojang maybe?
  • cryowaffle 11y ago
    Winner here
• qq66 11y ago
  Cargill
  • randomdata 11y ago
    Cargill is still owned by the family.
• kamilszybalski 11y ago
  I think it may be indeed.. apparently sold for between $750-$1 billion.
  • rhc2104 11y ago
    Indeed did raise money: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/indeed https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/indeed
    • boonez123 11y ago
      I think AdultFriendFinder was a big one, back in mid 2000's. Funny enough owned by a Christian dude.
• blackguardx 11y ago
  HP?
  • tedunangst 11y ago
    HP IPO was about $400 million in today's dollars.
• GBond 11y ago
  Very hard to say because businesses have been bootstrapped for decades before the term even existed.