What is the biggest bootstrapped company?

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I'm currently building a business based on a groundbreaking idea in a huge market. It already has some traction.

I wonder how big it can become without raising money.

Are there any examples of companies that became really big while being profitable from day 1?

Plenty of examples to think about, but I suppose it depends on your definitions of really big:

1. Atlassian became very large before raising money, Github too 2. Litmus is a pretty large company, but not Billion dollar club (which is the typical "really big" moniker 3. Dyn was pretty huge $50M/year+ before they raised money

Thanks. If there are any audio interviews/stories out there about these companies, I would love to listen to those.

Maybe IKEA? :)

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