#Open Your Eyes#Which was the world's first public company? Do you know?
The answer is the Dutch East India Company, which was founded in 1602 and died out in 1799, for a total of 197 years of history! At one point, the market capitalization was as high as $7 trillion (converted from the Guilder)
So, do you know where it went public? The answer is the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the Netherlands, which was also the world's first stock exchange.
1602 was the year of the Ming Dynasty of China, while 1799 was the fourth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty.
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