Revolut weighs secondary share sale at staggering $115 billion valuation

6/6/2026, 10:06 AMБогдан Семичев

The British financial technology heavyweight Revolut is actively exploring the possibility of launching a substantial secondary share sale in the private markets. Under the proposed investment framework, the aggregate valuation of the entire business is pegged at a staggering 115 billion dollars. According to reliable insiders cited by Bloomberg, this strategic transaction is primarily designed to allow current employees and early-stage venture backers to liquidate a portion of their equity holdings and capture immediate returns.

The formal corporate process and book-building phase could kick off as early as this June, although the definitive financial metrics and structural allocations remain subject to final executive approval. As part of the preliminary outreach, Revolut Chairman Martin Gilbert is scheduled to hold high-level meetings with prominent global investors to discuss the company's mid-term expansion parameters. The targeted 115-billion-dollar milestone represents a massive leap forward compared to November of last year, when the fintech firm secured a 75-billion-dollar valuation during a similar private placement involving Coatue Management and the venture investment arm of Nvidia. This rapid surge in institutional enthusiasm is directly driven by the company's recent breakthroughs in securing regulatory banking licenses across key jurisdictions, highlighted by clinching a full charter in the United Kingdom and progressing through the application pipeline in the United States.

Meanwhile, the neobank’s CEO and co-founder, Nikolay Storonsky, has previously clarified that an initial public offering (IPO) is completely off the table until at least 2028. Before making its debut on public stock exchanges, the company intends to complete several additional secondary rounds, aiming to push the brand's aggregate market value toward a historic 200-billion-dollar threshold. Achieving the current 115-billion-dollar baseline will trigger specific stock options for Storonsky, automatically boosting the net worth of his personal stake to at least 36 billion dollars. Furthermore, if the long-term roadmap materializes and the firm executes its public float at the desired 200 billion dollars, the executive's total net worth could scale up to roughly 76 billion dollars, translating into an astronomical lifetime return of over 15,000,000 percent on his seed capital.

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