On what date did Facebook begin trading shares publicly on the Nasdaq?

Facebook began trading shares publicly on the Nasdaq on May 18, 2012.

The initial public offering was one of the most closely watched technology listings of its era. Facebook priced its shares at $38 each and offered them under the stock symbol FB. The company’s valuation at the offering was approximately $104 billion.

Trading began amid exceptionally high demand, but technical problems at Nasdaq delayed some order confirmations. The share price briefly rose above the offering price before closing almost unchanged on its first day.

Facebook’s IPO is often confused with the later corporate rebrand to Meta. The public listing happened while the company was still called Facebook, Inc.; the parent company adopted the name Meta Platforms, Inc. in 2021.