NetWorth of Steam?

[Adamo00]

Hello, i Wish to get network of Steam, but i find only The Gabe network $4billion but networth of Steam i cant find.

[BossGalaga]

İlk olarak daminekk tarafından gönderildi:

Hello, i Wish to get network of Steam, but i find only The Gabe network $4billion but networth of Steam i cant find.

Steam makes billions a year. I would guess somewhere in the ballpark of A LOT.

[Ogami]

Gabe Newell owns about halt the shares of Valve and his net worth was around 4,1 billion in 2017.
So Valve (and Steam) should be worth around 8-9 billion at the moment.
Roughly.

[Adamo00]

İlk olarak Ogami tarafından gönderildi:

Gabe Newell owns about halt the shares of Valve and his net worth was around 4,1 billion in 2017.
So Valve (and Steam) should be worth around 8-9 billion at the moment.
Roughly.

Good but This peobably low amount ONLY Counter-Strike make 341 million $ in one year, but thanks.

[Spawn of Totoro]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

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.

[happy]

İlk olarak Spawn of Totoro tarafından gönderildi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

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.

Ive always been wondering, why/how is steam a private company? And since people keep pointing it out, is it unusual for a company to be "private"? Are companies usually "public" or something else? What are companies usually?
Is Ubisoft also private owned?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Not publicly traded on the stock market.

[cinedine]

İlk olarak T×tesfleisch8 tarafından gönderildi:

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.

[happy]

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İlk olarak T×tesfleisch8 tarafından gönderildi:

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.

İlk olarak cSg|mc-Hotsauce tarafından gönderildi:

Not publicly traded on the stock market.

:qr:

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?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

GabeN owns just over half of the company.

Remeber when Facebook went public and it jumped to being worth $25b?

[Satoru]

İlk olarak T×tesfleisch8 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Spawn of Totoro tarafından gönderildi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation

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.

Ive always been wondering, why/how is steam a private company? And since people keep pointing it out, is it unusual for a company to be "private"? Are companies usually "public" or something else? What are companies usually?
Is Ubisoft also private owned?

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

[cinedine]

İlk olarak T×tesfleisch8 tarafından gönderildi:

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?

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.

[happy]

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak T×tesfleisch8 tarafından gönderildi:

Ive always been wondering, why/how is steam a private company? And since people keep pointing it out, is it unusual for a company to be "private"? Are companies usually "public" or something else? What are companies usually?
Is Ubisoft also private owned?

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

Thank you for the information.