What is the exact date (month and day) Roblox Corporation went public?

Roblox Corporation went public on March 10, 2021. The company began trading Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange through a direct listing rather than a conventional initial public offering.

A direct listing differs from a traditional IPO because existing shareholders can sell shares directly on the exchange without the company first selling a newly underwritten batch of shares in the usual way. Roblox had initially considered a standard IPO, but it ultimately chose the direct-listing route after examining alternatives.

The date is easy to confuse with March 2, 2021, when Roblox filed its final prospectus for the listing, or with later trading milestones. March 10 is the key date because that is when the company’s shares began public trading and the listing was completed.

Roblox’s debut attracted major attention because it represented the growing financial importance of user-generated games and virtual economies. The exchange set a reference price of $45 per share, valuing the company at roughly $29 billion before market trading established its live price. The listing helped turn Roblox from a private technology company into a publicly traded corporation.