The Largest IPOs In US History

Source: IPOHome.com Last year (2008) was an extremely quiet one for initial public offerings, with only 21 IPOs hitting the market. By comparison, 159 took place in 2007. Recently, there has been a relative flurry of IPO activity; three of the four IPOs on US exchanges this year have hit in the past two weeks: Rosetta Stone (RST), Changyou.com (CYOU) and Bridgepoint Education (BPI). April 2009 is already the most active month since July 2008. Thus far, however, all the IPOs this year have been tiny by historical standards. Click ahead to see the ten biggest on record. By Paul ToscanoPosted 16 Apr 2009

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $3.6 billionIPO Date: 3/27/01

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $3.7 billionIPO Date: 5/3/99

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $3.9 billionIPO Date: 3/21/02

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $4.1 billionIPO Date: 6/21/07

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $4.4 billionIPO Date: 10/21/98

Photo: Ernst Moeksis Capital Raised: $4.6 billionIPO Date: 7/1/02*CIT Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 11/1/09, in the 5th largest US bankruptcy filing of all time.

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $5.5 billionIPO Date: 11/9/99

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $8.7 billionIPO Date: 6/12/01

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $10.6 billionIPO Date: 4/26/00

Photo: AP Capital Raised: $17.9 billionIPO Date: 3/19/08Replay SlideshowWhat Does $1 Trillion Look Like?Companies At Greatest Risk of DefaultBy The Numbers: Rosetta Stone

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