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A company is only as good as the people running the place. And that’s not a detail missed by IPO investors. The management team of a young company is critical. Decisions made by the top brass will largely determine if the company is able to head off the inevitable challenges. In the management section of the prospectus, you find a listing of all the top management team members — usually the chief executive officer (CEO), chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO), and the members of the board of directors (the group of experts who are supposed to look out for the interests of investors and oversee the management). In the management portion of the prospectus, you also find a short biography on all the top people at the company, including their ages. Want to feel old? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just 27 according to the company’s prospectus when the company was going public.