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DS, signed "Sergey Brin" and "Lawrence Page," one page, 11 x 8.5, October 18, 2000. Stock certificate for 3,542 shares of common stock in Google, Inc., certifying that "Rachael Chambers is the registered holder of Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Two (3,542) shares of the Common Stock of Google Inc. (the 'Corporation'), transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders hereof in person or by attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed." Signed at the conclusion in blue ink by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. In very fine condition.
According to Business Insider's 2012 article 'Where Are they Now: The First 21 Google Employees,' Chambers was hired as Google employee #13 in May 1999; she began as an executive assistant, and left as an ad sales coordinator in October 2000. This early stock certificate represents shares of Google during its pre-IPO stage, when it was still a privately held company. Google would make its debut in the market on August 19, 2004, with NBC News reporting: 'The IPO raised $1.67 billion…According to Google, pre-IPO shareholders expected to sell 5.5 million shares, less than half the 11.6 million originally planned. The company itself sold 14.1 million shares, as originally estimated, putting $1.16 billion into its coffers. The offering eclipses most of the hot tech issues of the 1990s and will make Brin and Page billionaires—at least on paper. Page collected $41.1 million and Brin got $40.9 million, but that pales in comparison to the more than $3 billion each still holds in Google shares.'
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