Private companies are not able to trade shares with the public, whereas public companies can. The benefit of staying private is that you don’t have to alter you business model to fit Wall Street’s expectations. You are also in control of who is investing in your business. However, the cons of staying private are that your company name is not going to be well-known. The pros of going public are that you create a lot of revenue for your company. Being public allows more people to know about your company and it is easier to do business with other people. One con about going public is that it is a very time consuming process and there is a lot of criteria that needs to be met. Koch Industries is a privately owned company with a revenue of 100 billion. I read that this company re-invests about 90 percent of its earnings, helping grow and keeping it at a high standard. JPMorgan Chase is at #3 of the top public companies according to Forbes with a market cap of $387.67 billion.