According to industry insiders, Facebook is set to roll out its IPO next year . The company is said to be targeting 2012's second business quater for its shares to go public. According to Bloomberg, Facebook is currently considering a $10 billion Initial Public Offering valued at more than $100 billion.

According to Reid Hoffman, Facebook investor and co-founder of LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg will choose to float Facebook next year. "Going public would benefit Facebook in lots of ways - namely having public currency to do acquisitions. So Mark [Zuckerberg] might as well get the benefit as well as the cost. Given that logic - I would suspect that some time in first half of next year, he will engage in the IPO process" said Hoffman.