General Atlantic, a well-known private equity group that backs rapidly growing technology companies like Alibaba, Facebook, and ByteDance, is quietly exploring the possibility of going public.
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The New York-based firm, managing an impressive $77 billion in assets, has taken a preliminary step by filing confidential paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO).
While insiders have described this move as a preliminary step and emphasized that