article_snippet.sent: The day its first went public, its sold 3.6 million shares of GoPro stock to rake in an astounding $86 million before taxes.
article_snippet.sent: Chinese tech manufacturer Foxconn, which owns about 11 million shares of GoPro stock that are worth a collective $425 million.
article_snippet.sent: Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm, currently has about $650 million in GoPro stock.
article_snippet.sent: Nick Woodman is the founder and CEO of GoPro, a camera which can be fixed to helmets, the body, equipment or a hand-held pole.
article_snippet.sent: Nick Woodman loaned Nick Woodman son $200,000 to help get GoPro off the ground.
article_snippet.sent: Dean Woodman - who sold none of Nick Woodman shares at the IPO - now owns $280 million in GoPro shares.
article_snippet.sent: GoPro also sells accessories such as cases, battery packs and mounts that help users attach users cameras to surfboards, helmets or users wrists.
article_snippet.sent: GoPro also has a free app and software that lets users edit, store and publish a free app and software that lets users edit, store and publish their videos to their social media accounts including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube videos to a free app and software that lets users edit, store and publish their videos to their social media accounts including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube social media accounts including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
article_snippet.sent: Additional growth may come from the wild videos its cameras create, which GoPro hopes to use to create a media company.