Airbnb Signals IPO Might Not Come This Year
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Airbnb was expected to be one of the most-anticipated of upcoming IPOs. But everyone may just have to wait a bit as the company digests a significant new acquisition.
Airbnb is now signaling that it will not go public this year, despite the initial public offering buzz that has surrounded the company since early last year.
“We have already said that we are taking the steps to be ready to go public in 2019, that doesn’t mean we will go public in 2019," Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk told Business Insider in an email interview We