Google worth $80bn (£44bn)

**zba78** · 06-08-2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4072772.stm

I knew they were big, but "the world's biggest media company by stock market value", wow

**budman7** · 06-08-2005

I wish I would have had the money to buy the stock when it first came out at $85/share.

**techieMoe** · 06-08-2005

Well, I guess we know how they pay for all that harddrive space for the Gmail accounts.

**jaboua** · 06-08-2005

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Well, I guess we know how they pay for all that harddrive space for the Gmail accounts.

Yeah, now we do

**compmodder26** · 06-08-2005

Originally Posted by budman7

I wish I would have had the money to buy the stock when it first came out at $85/share.

Got my hands on 2 shares during the IPO and I've made a 80% return off of it.

**jamey112** · 06-08-2005

They initially launched the business from a friend's garage after pulling together $1m from family, friends and other investors.

why don't my friends and family give me a million dollars? this is crap. im having a talk with them tonight.

**Xenon** · 06-09-2005

I really don't know where I would be without Google, what would I be using if they hadn't arrived? MSN search?

**Vergil83** · 06-09-2005

Originally Posted by Xenon

I really don't know where I would be without Google, what would I be using if they hadn't arrived? MSN search?

actually a search for msn sucks gives 1,050,820 on msn and 813,000 on google