All smiles on Pacific Smiles' first trading day

By Sally Rose
Updated November 22 2014 - 1:18am, first published 12:18am
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.
The shares' rise on their trading debut pushed the value of the company founders' combined stakes to almost $100 million.

Alex Abrahams and Alison Hughes, the two suburban dentists who founded Pacific Smiles in 2003, certainly had reason to grin on Friday. The company's market value climbed 35 per cent on its stock exchange debut, delivering the co-founders a payday worth almost $100 million on paper.

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