In April 2004 google filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission and sought to raise 2.7 billion US Dollars. On the 19th of August 2004, the company went public at $85 and sold 22.5 million shares. Google’s IPO raised over $1.9 billion. Shares of Google later rose by 18.05 percent to hit $100.34 at the close of its initial public offering date. After the IPO, the founders of Google became billionaires.