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10 year, anniversary of Google going public, here's a rundown of its numbers from then versus now.

Google went public at $85 a share with a market capitalization of about $23 billion on Aug. 19, 2004, and in the 10 years since, the company has built itself into a behemoth with a market cap of nearly $400 billion.

In 1998 Google indexed 25 million web pages in total. Now it indexes millions per day. Google is valued at over $170 billion. Page and Brin are worth $15 billion each, more than double what Mark Zuckerburg and Steve Jobs are worth put together.

Ad tech company AppNexus is raising $100 million in funding at a $1.2 billion valuation:

The New York-based adtech giant, AppNexus has taken a $90 million round of investment that values the company at $1.2 billion. About $60 million of the new funding comes from a large, Boston-based public equity and asset management firm.

Other investors are considering adding up to $40 million to the round, which could make the total top out at $100 million.

AppNexus has now taken a total of about $230 million in investment funding. The company also increased its debt facility from $75 million-$100 million in a deal shepherded by Silicon Valley Bank and JPMorgan.

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