kevin sheehan. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. that debut helps get the i.p.o. market off to a strong start for 2013, as the broader market climbs to a five-year high. >> tom: and should companies pay less attention to shareholders? whole foods c.e.o. john mackey joins us. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." many american companies are gearing up to go public and investors are warming up to the idea of buying those shares. the success of the initial public offering of norwegian cruise lines on the nasdaq today could kick off a new wave of i.p.o.s. shares of the third largest cruise line operator in the u.s., skyrocketed more than 30%, from its $19 opening price. as erika miller reports, thanks to the bullish run in the stock market it could be full steam ahead for i.p.o.s. >> reporter: although 2012 was not exactly a banner year for initial public offerings, investment bankers expect things to improve this year. 8% of capital markets executives think there will be a substantial gain. 42% see a modest increase. but still one in five expect fewer companies

kevin sheehan. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. that debut helps get the i.p.o. market off to a strong start for 2013, as the broader market climbs to a five-year high. >> tom: and should companies pay less attention to shareholders? whole foods c.e.o. john mackey joins us. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." many american companies are gearing up to go public and investors are warming up to the idea of buying those shares. the success of the initial public offering of norwegian cruise lines on the nasdaq today could kick off a new wave of i.p.o.s. shares of the third largest cruise line operator in the u.s., skyrocketed more than 30%, from its $19 opening price. as erika miller reports, thanks to the bullish run in the stock market it could be full steam ahead for i.p.o.s. >> reporter: although 2012 was not exactly a banner year for initial public offerings, investment bankers expect things to improve this year. 8% of capital markets executives think there will be a substantial gain. 42% see a modest increase. but still one in five expect fewer companies

kevin sheehan today, i asked him why he felt that the time was finally right. >> it's always a lot of pluses and minuses of being a public company, as you know, but at some point, we needed to take this step. and we thought this was the perfect time, you know, washington resolved its situation, and now we move into the new year feeling a little bit more comfortable that things are resolved. >> susie: so, kevin, how do you feel about the stock performance today? >> year, it's fantastic. you always want to have some wind at your back and see the stock perform well. we priced the ipo at $19, and, you know, i kind of thought we'd be in the 22-23 range, but when people run the numbers on this business it is an unbelievable story over the coming years, and i think a lot of people got it. >> susie: so do you feel by going public that this gives norwegian a better shot at getting market share from royal caribbean. >> it's not market share. that works counter-intuitive because that restricts the pricing and gets into a very competitive landscape. when i was running avis, we were only as strong

kevin sheehan. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. that debut helps get the i.p.o.market off to a strong start for 2013, as the broader market climbs to a five-year high. >> tom: and should companies pay less attention to shareholders? whole foods c.e.o. john mackey joins us. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." many american companies are gearing up to go public and investors are warming up to the idea of buying those shares. the success of the initial public offering of norwegian cruise lines on the nasdaq today could kick off a new wave of i.p.o.s. shares of the third largest cruise line operator in the u.s., skyrocketed more than 30%, from its $19 opening price. as erika miller reports, thanks to the bullish run in the stock market it could be full steam ahead for i.p.o.s. >> reporter: ou

kevin sheehan. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. that debut helps get the i.p.o.013, as the broader market climbs to a five-year high. >> tom: and should companies pay less attention to shareholders? whole foods c.e.o. john mackey joins us. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." many american companies are gearing up to go public and investors are warming up to the idea of buying those shares. the success of the initial public offering of norwegian cruise lines on the nasdaq today could kick off a new wave of i.p.o.s. shares of the third largest cruise line operator in the u.s., skyrocketed more than 30%, from its $19 opening price. as erika miller reports, thanks to the bullish run in the stock market it could be full steam ahead for i.p.o.s. >> reporter: alou

joining me now, the ceo of norwegian cruiselines, kevin sheehan.> good morning. >> congratulations. >> this is exciting. >> how do you feel the process here? apollo, your private equity component of the ownership structure, rushed this ipo through. my god, it was like lightning fire, within a week, ten days, you didn't even go to europe to drum up support there. 15 times over -- >> i can't talk about the prescription at this point. >> what is the argument to investors? tes.re the third largest in the what do you say to them? why should they buy this stock? >> it's a great story. we happen to have a very unique proposition. we call it free style, which means freedom and flexibility. it's a resort type vacation, which is why five years in a row norwegian cruise line has won the best cruise line in it's a leading indicator as we did our marketing improvement here, that people here will want to take that kind of experience. >> isn't that like a usp that could disappear? >> it's a complicated thing. we have two competitors built on a different propositi

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