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San Mateo's SolarCity to Go Public

PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, who also heads Tesla Motors, filed a draft with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to take San Mateo-based SolarCity public.

A San Mateo-based solar power company headed by PayPal cofounder Elon Musk announced on Monday that it plans to go public.

SolarCity, one of the nation’s largest residential and corporate solar installers, will take its stock public as soon as the Securities and Exchange Commission completes its review of a draft statement the company submitted on Thursday, Bloomberg News reports.

Brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive, who are Musk’s cousin, launched the company in 2006.

Musk also heads Tesla Motors.

SolarCity is headquartered in San Mateo and also has offices in Foster City.

SolarCity didn’t pop open it’s financial hood as it would have had to before JOBS Act changed the rules for public filings for companies with less than $1 billion in revenue, Silicon Beat reports.

 

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CP May 19, 2013 at 02:22 pm
Yes Bren, agree with you....good point.....really what it seems to come down to is money vs. theRead More good of the community and richness of traditions. And all despite the Master Plan for that site in San Mateo that seems to require an ice skating rink or similar recreational facility AT THAT SITE, and all despite the fact the Ice Chalet would like to continue operations there. The Developer has made it difficult to impossible for any ice rink to operate there (tricky it seems)....so they can get a cookie cutter retail outlet in ? .....very, very sad for the youth of the community.
Bren May 17, 2013 at 10:09 am
I think the issue is much larger than whether children will experience stress. That ice rink is aRead More local institution, dating back at least to when Fashion Island was there. It's terrible for communities to lose so many landmarks and connect us to the past.
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