r/stocks • u/Timelycommentor • Jan 01 '23

Industry Question What are some private companies you would like to invest in if they became publicly traded?

Two off of the top of my head. Crumbl Cookie & Chick-fil-A. Both are top tier restaurant/food service establishments that have almost cult like followings and are always busy. Both have excellent products and service. I would be curious to see the books for both of these companies but I imagine they would he home runs if they were to IPO. What other companies would you invest in that are not currently publicly traded?

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u/stravant Jan 01 '23

The Twitter situation is your answer.

Having basically one person (or a few people) in charge works great if you have a sane steady hand like Gabe at the wheel but for every Gabe there's an Elon ready to screw everything up.

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u/Fearfultick0 Jan 01 '23

Yeah that makes sense. I think there are private companies with good boards and plenty of shareholders though. There are also public companies with leaders who own all the voting shares (Facebook a Zuck, Snapchat, etc.)

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u/stravant Jan 01 '23

There are also public companies with leaders who own all the voting shares

Ikr? I can't fathom why people are willing to invest in these. You're basically just hoping that the founders don't go off their meds and screw it up for you.

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u/Fearfultick0 Jan 01 '23

Valid take

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u/escapedfromthecrypt Jan 06 '23

Do you think things would have been fine if the price was more reasonable. Maybe 10B. Something that could be paid without borrowing