Google's sense of humor

Man, you've got to love these guys.

Without the underwriters' option, the proposed offering of 14.16 million, or 14,159,265 before rounding, appears to be a nod to the digits found in the mathematical figure pi and yet again underscores the unconventional approach the company often takes. - Google to sell stock with price sky-high

Priceless!

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Not to be a complete nerd and a bit anal, but the number is special because it's found early in the Pi sequence. Had they increased or decreased the number by one share, it would have been found later in the sequence. A little web search found this:

The string 14,159,266 was found at position 144,926,853 counting from the first digit after the decimal point.

AND

The string 14159264 was found at position 47,607,986 counting from the first digit after the decimal point.

Intruder Alert!
— Rob S
You know, Rob, given the nature of Pi, you can find any arbitrarily long string within Pi. I don't think that 14159265 is more likely to be found earlier than any other string, but I don't have that nifty little tool you do.
— Iron Yuppie
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