liquidity event
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In that sense, the IPO often serves as a liquidity event — a way for insiders to cash out.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
SpaceX’s initial public offering will likely be the biggest in history and will spark a massive liquidity event for shareholders.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
“Most of the late-stage private companies that you can think of have done some sort of liquidity event for employees,” says Zuhayeer Musa, co-founder of Levels.fyi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The company previously set a "liquidity event", such as an IPO or company sale, as a condition for the vesting to occur, the sources added.
From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2023
“And the question is, do we have enough time before a true liquidity event destabilizes the market?”
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014
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