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Steam makes billions a year. I would guess somewhere in the ballpark of A LOT.
So Valve (and Steam) should be worth around 8-9 billion at the moment.
Roughly.
Total equity US$2.5 billion (2012)
As it is a private company, they are not required to make their finance information public. That is as close to it's value as we are going to be able to find.
Is Ubisoft also private owned?
No. Ubisoft is publically traded.
Boren down:
Private owned means you have no responsibilities towards shareholders and have all the freedom you want while having all the risk. Also you don't have to disclose anything. They also can't sell more shares to raise capital but are dependend on private capital or investors on a per project basis.
Thank you two, so basically a Company like Tesla who is available on the stock market is not private owned, and valve could be boiled down to the company being owned by literally 1 private person?
Remeber when Facebook went public and it jumped to being worth $25b?
Most companies are private ones. As a very simple demarcation public companies are those traded on stock market exchanges
Going public is usually about fundraising. When you open a business initially it’s private. You might use your own money or beg friends to start it up. Later you need more money for maybe better larger equipment. Banks won’t lend you the money as they might see it as too risky. So you’d go to venture capitalists (Shark Tank/Dragons Den) to get money. VC will generally ask for equity ownership in exchange for money. At the end is going public. Where you again trade equity (stocks) for money.
Being private has its advantages. You’re not beholden to stock holders. You don’t need to disclose your finances publicly. It gives you more freedom. Publicly traded companies are subject to very strict rules as to what they can do, how they do it, etc. look at Elon Musks 40 mill fineness from the SEC for one tweet
Valve chooses to stay private as it gives them the freedom to invest and do things they feel is worth doing.
Ubisoft and most major publishes are public companies
Basically.
What it means exactly is depended on the country, though.
In Germany for example there are vast differences between e.K., GmbH, AG, KG or OHG in terms of how they are run and liability.