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IPO后股價暴漲,Snowflake CEO勸你不要被“泡沫化”蒙蔽雙眼

Aaron Pressman
2020-09-17

即便是在IPO市場浸淫多年的斯洛特曼,也對Snowflake股票的爆炸表現(xiàn)震驚不已。

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9月16日,當(dāng)紅商業(yè)軟件提供商Snowflake上市首日的股價便上漲一倍有余,但作為該公司的CEO,弗蘭克?斯洛特曼對其在本次IPO中理論上少賺了多少錢卻并不在意。

9月15日晚間,Snowflake以每股120美元的價格賣出了2,800萬股股票。而到9月16日開盤時,其股價便漲到了245美元,盤中最高更是漲至319美元,收盤報253.93美元,漲幅達112%。Snowflake此次募集資金達34億美元,創(chuàng)軟件公司史上最大規(guī)模IPO紀(jì)錄,但理論上該公司本可以募到兩倍于這一數(shù)字的資金。

斯洛特曼曾經(jīng)擔(dān)任過兩家公司的CEO,他表示,自己在數(shù)月之前便已經(jīng)決定,Snowflake應(yīng)該將吸引大型機構(gòu)投資者(能夠購買數(shù)十億美元股票并可能長期持有的基金或個人)參股作為自己的目標(biāo)。

9月16日,斯洛特曼在其位于加州的辦公室告訴《財富》雜志說:“我們當(dāng)然可以把價格再定高一些,但這么做將會嚴(yán)重影響我們投資者群體的質(zhì)量。因為我們進行IPO的目的是要建立一個能夠維持5到10年的股東基礎(chǔ),所以定價時要考慮的是這部分投資者的心理價位,而不是為了追求高股價結(jié)果而把大家都弄得叫苦不迭。”

不過,即便是在IPO市場浸淫多年的斯洛特曼,也對9月16日Snowflake股票的爆炸表現(xiàn)震驚不已。斯洛特曼表示:“由此就可以看出市場泡沫、散戶投機與長期股東之間的差別了。我們不能因為在CNBC上看到的東西而太過分心。”

Snowflake成立于2012年,自幾年前推出一系列基于云端算力和云端存儲的開創(chuàng)性數(shù)據(jù)庫應(yīng)用以來,其營收便一直在以三位數(shù)的速度增長。2020年上半年,其銷售額增長了133%,達到2.42億美元,而其凈虧損則較上年同期下降3%,至1.71億美元。

但誰也不敢保證這家公司未來一定能夠獲得成功。雖然Snowflake依靠亞馬遜、微軟和谷歌獲取云托管服務(wù),但這三大巨頭也都在出售自己的數(shù)據(jù)庫軟件,Snowflake與三巨頭之間也存在著競爭關(guān)系。

2019年4月,斯洛特曼加入Snowflake并擔(dān)任CEO一職,獲得任職的同時他還獲得了1370萬股股票期權(quán),分四年兌現(xiàn)。如果按照當(dāng)前價格計算,那么本次IPO讓斯洛特曼的賬面凈資產(chǎn)增加了數(shù)十億美元。當(dāng)然,他現(xiàn)在還不能夠行權(quán)所有股票,而且一旦行權(quán)還得支付每股約9美元的執(zhí)行價格,此外可能還要額外繳納資本利得稅。

斯洛特曼此前便已經(jīng)成立了一個家族基金,并表示自己計劃捐出幾乎全部財富。他說:“我們家98%的財富可能都將流入家族基金。我不覺得給自己孩子留下太多錢(是一件好事),相反這可能會毀了他們的一生。人生中最有意義的事可能就是依靠自己取得成功了,我為什么要剝奪他們自立門庭的機會呢?”

這位CEO表示,他一直在為與動物福利、野生動物和環(huán)境保護有關(guān)的事業(yè)提供支持,未來還將繼續(xù)從事這方面的工作。

在進行IPO的同時,Snowflake還通過非公開發(fā)行的方式向沃倫?巴菲特旗下的伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司和頂級云軟件開發(fā)商Salesforce出售了股票。

由于Salesforce的許多客戶也在使用Snowflake儲存數(shù)據(jù),并且希望能夠更加方便地在Snowflake應(yīng)用中對這些數(shù)據(jù)進行分析,所以Snowflake一直在尋求與Salesforce建立更加緊密的聯(lián)系。斯洛特曼表示:“我們希望可以進一步整合產(chǎn)品,從而能夠無摩擦地同步Salesforce數(shù)據(jù)。這幾乎是我們所有客戶都想要實現(xiàn)的目標(biāo)。”

斯洛特曼表示,對客戶來說,現(xiàn)在整合兩家公司的數(shù)據(jù)集是一件“非常痛苦的”事情,技術(shù)難度非常大。但隨著兩家公司開始展開緊密合作,數(shù)據(jù)整合工作在今年年底將會變得簡單許多。

斯洛特曼稱,引入伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司作為投資者的部分原因是為了“提升Snowflake的品牌地位。你會發(fā)現(xiàn)我們在這方面取得了很不錯的成績,Snowflake正在被越來越多的人認(rèn)識。”(財富中文網(wǎng))

譯者:梁宇

9月16日,當(dāng)紅商業(yè)軟件提供商Snowflake上市首日的股價便上漲一倍有余,但作為該公司的CEO,弗蘭克?斯洛特曼對其在本次IPO中理論上少賺了多少錢卻并不在意。

9月15日晚間,Snowflake以每股120美元的價格賣出了2,800萬股股票。而到9月16日開盤時,其股價便漲到了245美元,盤中最高更是漲至319美元,收盤報253.93美元,漲幅達112%。Snowflake此次募集資金達34億美元,創(chuàng)軟件公司史上最大規(guī)模IPO紀(jì)錄,但理論上該公司本可以募到兩倍于這一數(shù)字的資金。

斯洛特曼曾經(jīng)擔(dān)任過兩家公司的CEO,他表示,自己在數(shù)月之前便已經(jīng)決定,Snowflake應(yīng)該將吸引大型機構(gòu)投資者(能夠購買數(shù)十億美元股票并可能長期持有的基金或個人)參股作為自己的目標(biāo)。

9月16日,斯洛特曼在其位于加州的辦公室告訴《財富》雜志說:“我們當(dāng)然可以把價格再定高一些,但這么做將會嚴(yán)重影響我們投資者群體的質(zhì)量。因為我們進行IPO的目的是要建立一個能夠維持5到10年的股東基礎(chǔ),所以定價時要考慮的是這部分投資者的心理價位,而不是為了追求高股價結(jié)果而把大家都弄得叫苦不迭。”

不過,即便是在IPO市場浸淫多年的斯洛特曼,也對9月16日Snowflake股票的爆炸表現(xiàn)震驚不已。斯洛特曼表示:“由此就可以看出市場泡沫、散戶投機與長期股東之間的差別了。我們不能因為在CNBC上看到的東西而太過分心。”

Snowflake成立于2012年,自幾年前推出一系列基于云端算力和云端存儲的開創(chuàng)性數(shù)據(jù)庫應(yīng)用以來,其營收便一直在以三位數(shù)的速度增長。2020年上半年,其銷售額增長了133%,達到2.42億美元,而其凈虧損則較上年同期下降3%,至1.71億美元。

但誰也不敢保證這家公司未來一定能夠獲得成功。雖然Snowflake依靠亞馬遜、微軟和谷歌獲取云托管服務(wù),但這三大巨頭也都在出售自己的數(shù)據(jù)庫軟件,Snowflake與三巨頭之間也存在著競爭關(guān)系。

2019年4月,斯洛特曼加入Snowflake并擔(dān)任CEO一職,獲得任職的同時他還獲得了1370萬股股票期權(quán),分四年兌現(xiàn)。如果按照當(dāng)前價格計算,那么本次IPO讓斯洛特曼的賬面凈資產(chǎn)增加了數(shù)十億美元。當(dāng)然,他現(xiàn)在還不能夠行權(quán)所有股票,而且一旦行權(quán)還得支付每股約9美元的執(zhí)行價格,此外可能還要額外繳納資本利得稅。

斯洛特曼此前便已經(jīng)成立了一個家族基金,并表示自己計劃捐出幾乎全部財富。他說:“我們家98%的財富可能都將流入家族基金。我不覺得給自己孩子留下太多錢(是一件好事),相反這可能會毀了他們的一生。人生中最有意義的事可能就是依靠自己取得成功了,我為什么要剝奪他們自立門庭的機會呢?”

這位CEO表示,他一直在為與動物福利、野生動物和環(huán)境保護有關(guān)的事業(yè)提供支持,未來還將繼續(xù)從事這方面的工作。

在進行IPO的同時,Snowflake還通過非公開發(fā)行的方式向沃倫?巴菲特旗下的伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司和頂級云軟件開發(fā)商Salesforce出售了股票。

由于Salesforce的許多客戶也在使用Snowflake儲存數(shù)據(jù),并且希望能夠更加方便地在Snowflake應(yīng)用中對這些數(shù)據(jù)進行分析,所以Snowflake一直在尋求與Salesforce建立更加緊密的聯(lián)系。斯洛特曼表示:“我們希望可以進一步整合產(chǎn)品,從而能夠無摩擦地同步Salesforce數(shù)據(jù)。這幾乎是我們所有客戶都想要實現(xiàn)的目標(biāo)。”

斯洛特曼表示,對客戶來說,現(xiàn)在整合兩家公司的數(shù)據(jù)集是一件“非常痛苦的”事情,技術(shù)難度非常大。但隨著兩家公司開始展開緊密合作,數(shù)據(jù)整合工作在今年年底將會變得簡單許多。

斯洛特曼稱,引入伯克希爾-哈撒韋公司作為投資者的部分原因是為了“提升Snowflake的品牌地位。你會發(fā)現(xiàn)我們在這方面取得了很不錯的成績,Snowflake正在被越來越多的人認(rèn)識。”(財富中文網(wǎng))

譯者:梁宇

Shares of hot business software provider Snowflake more than doubled on their first day of trading on September 16, but CEO Frank Slootman isn't concerned about the big money the company theoretically left on the table in the IPO.

Snowflake sold 28 million shares at $120 each on September 15 night, but they began trading on September 16 at $245, went as high as $319, and eventually closed at $253.93, up 112%. The highest valued software IPO ever, Snowflake raised $3.4 billion from the deal, but in theory it could have collected twice as much.

Slootman, who has taken two previous companies public as CEO, says he decided months ago that Snowflake should aim to attract major institutional investors as shareholders—funds or individuals that could buy billion dollar positions and would likely hold their shares for a long time.

"Sure, we could have pushed higher on price, but then the quality of our investor group would have steadily deteriorated," Slootman tells Fortune from the company's California offices on September 16. "Our whole game was to develop a shareholder base that we could live with for the next five-to-10 years. We discover where they are in price and we don't push it to the point where everybody starts to squeal."

Even as an experienced IPO veteran, Slootman was impressed by the explosive trading in Snowflake's shares on September 16, however. "What you're seeing is the difference between the frothy, opportunistic retail side of the marketplace and the long-term shareholders," Slootman says. "You can't get too distracted by what you're seeing on CNBC."

Snowflake, founded in 2012, has been growing its revenue by triple digits for several years since introducing a series of groundbreaking database applications that rely on the computing power and storage of cloud servers. Sales rose 133% in the first half of 2020 to $242 million, while its net loss declined 3% to $171 million from the same period a year ago.

The company's future success isn't guaranteed. Even as it relies on cloud hosting from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, Snowflake also competes with those big three, each of which sell their own database software.

With the IPO, Slootman, who joined in April, 2019, saw his net worth grow by several billion dollars on paper. When he was hired as CEO, he received options for 13.7 million shares that vest over four years. That's equivalent to $3.5 billion worth of stock at its current price, though he can't exercise all of the options now and would have to cover the strike price of about $9 per share—and likely pay capital gains taxes.

Having already established a family foundation, Slootman says he plans to give away almost all of his wealth. "Probably 98% of all of our family wealth will flow to our family foundation," he says. "I don't believe in making my offspring rich. It can kind of destroy their lives. There's no greater reward in life than making it on your own. Why would I take that away?"

The CEO says he has backed and will continue to back causes related to animal welfare, wildlife, and environmental conservation.

Alongside the IPO, Snowflake also sold shares privately to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and to top cloud software developer Salesforce.

Snowflake has been seeking closer ties with Salesforce because so many of its customers also keep data there and want to be able to analyze it in Snowflake's apps more easily. "We wanted to integrate our products in a way that really allows Salesforce data to be synched very frictionlessly," Slootman says. "The reason is almost all our customers try and do that."

It's currently "very painful" for customers to mix the two data sets, "a complete hack," Slootman says. But with the two companies now working closely, a much easier and smoother integration will be coming by the end of the year, he says.

Slootman pursued Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway as an investor in part to "raise the stature of Snowflake as a brand," he says. "You could see today that we made a good dent in that. A lot more people know who Snowflake is today."

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