Warby Parker Ends Debut With $6.1 Billion Market Value

  • Company is second this week to go public via direct listing
  • Eyewear firm’s co-CEO is ‘super excited’ about telemedicine
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Warby Parker Inc. opened trading at $54.05 a share and held steady, fluctuating barely a dollar from that price to give the eyewear retailer a market value of about $6.1 billion in the second direct listing of the week.

The shares, which never rose above $54.72 or dipped below $52.96, closed at 44 cents above the opening price Wednesday in New York.