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Here are three privately owned companies we would love to see an IPO from in It is by no means a new company, but if I could pick any company to go public in , I'd unquestionably choose Chick-fil-A.

By comparison, McDonald's NYSE: In addition, Chick-fil-A's same-store sales have nearly doubled over the past decade while KFC's have remained flat.

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Its core business is also powerful. Even with this success, Chick-fil-A is not content to rest on its laurels, as USA Today reported, "The national growth [at Chick-fil-A] is about to go into overdrive -- and it has a huge, new product platform behind it.

This new platform directly targets millennials in urban areas with a healthy menu that is also delicious, suggesting its impressive growth will not slow anytime soon. For decades, Chick-fil-A has been a delight to its customers, employees, and the communities in which its restaurants are located.

One can only hope investors are added to that list in SpaceX is the stock I wish would IPO in In his own words, "The reason I haven't taken SpaceX public is the goals of SpaceX are very long term, which is to establish a city on Mars. While SpaceX doesn't need funding right now, establishing a city on Mars would likely require a huge amount of money above and beyond what the company can earn on its own.

While the company will likely persuade the government to contribute to the mission, forward-thinking investors would also love to be part of what will be one of the defining moments in human space travel. SpaceX is not likely to IPO in , but I still hope someday to see the company on the public markets.

It took me all of two seconds to figure out which company I'd love to see go public next year. Theranos stands poised to shake up healthcare with its new method of laboratory testing. The Palo Alto, Calif. Theranos can conduct a diagnostic test on as little as one-thousandth of the amount of blood needed for standard laboratory analysis.

It only takes a pinprick instead of those scary needles. The results come back within hours instead of days. Cleveland Clinic was so impressed that it named the company's technology as one of the top 10 innovations for Partnering with the nation's largest pharmacy retailer is definitely a good step. I expect Theranos will quickly carve out a solid slice of that market.

When the company launches its IPO -- whenever that might be -- this should be one hot stock. Dan Dzombak has no position in any stocks mentioned.

Keith Speights has no position in any stocks mentioned. Patrick Morris has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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