DERBY internet entrepreneur Mel Morris will share in a $7 billion windfall today thanks to his investment in the company behind hit game Candy Crush Saga.
Mobile game developer King Digital Entertainment, in which Mr Morris owns an 11.5% stake, has priced its shares at $22.50.
Trading in King shares will begin in New York later today.
The price of the initial public offering gives Mr Morris slice of the business a paper value of $805 million, or approximately £487 million.
He invested in the company when it was set up back in 2003.
The floatation is likely to make the Littleover-born internet entrepreneur Derbys most successful businessman.
Candy Crush Saga is behind Kings multi-billion-dollar valuation, having attracted hundreds of millions of users.
The game for computers, smartphones and tablets has been played by some half a billion people around the world.
Simple but addictive, it was largely responsible for the companys revenues rocketing from $22 million in the first three months of 2012 to $602 million in the last quarter of 2013.
It involves players lining up three matching candies to earn points and to complete a variety of challenges.
Basic versions are free to play but players wanting additional features or extra lives have to pay.
