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How Snowflake Grew Into a $70 Billion Dollar Company & Had the Largest Software IPO in History

Today we’re going to talk about Snowflake, and how they became the largest IPO in software history.

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Scott D. Clary
Jun 13, 2021
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Today we’re going to talk about Snowflake, and how they became the largest IPO in software history.

To give you an idea of the magnitude of this IPO, Berkshire Hathaway — led by Warren Buffett, hasn’t participated in an IPO in over 50 years.. but they threw their hat into the ring and purchased 250 million worth of stock in a private placement as part of…

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