Twitter goes public
The first day of trading on the NYSE, Twitter shares opened at $26.00 and closed at US$44.90, giving the company a valuation of around US$31 billion. The paperwork from this day shows that among the founders, Evan Williams received a sum of US$2.56 billion and Jack Dorsey received US$1.05 billion, while Dick Costolo's payment was US$345 million.