Andrew Mason (30), who co-founded Groupon and currently serves as its CEO, hasn’t often been spotted wearing a business suit and tie. But when you’re pitching investors on an initial public offering, looking to raise over half a billion dollars at a $11.4 billion valuation, I guess you kinda have to.
This morning, Groupon’s IPO roadshow video presentation was published and is publicly available here (via The New York Times).
Unfortunately, the clip can’t be embedded, but if you’re interested in learning how Mason and other Groupon executives will be pitching investors on the company’s IPO, it is well worth your time.
I’ve embedded some screenshots of the investor presentation slides:
CrunchbaseCompany:GrouponWebsite:groupon.comLaunch Date:November 11, 2008Funding:$1.14B
Groupon features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 565 cities around the world. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, Groupon can offer deals that aren’t available elsewhere. Groupon brings buyers and sellers together in a fun and collaborative way that offers the consumer an unbeatable deal, and businesses a large number of new customers. To date, it has saved consumers more than $300 million and claims it...
Learn more Person:Andrew MasonWebsite:Companies:Groupon, The PointAndrew Mason is the founder of Groupon as well as The Point, the collective action platform from which Groupon was born. Andrew is originally from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Mason moved to Chicago in 1999 to attend Northwestern University and graduated with a degree in music. He went on to attend University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy only to drop out three months later.
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