Employees at the Chobani plant in South Edmeston may see tremendous financial perks of the company's recent IPO filing, some of whom have been promised shares that could make them millionaires overnight. (Photo by Tyler Murphy)

SOUTH EDMESTON - Sixteen years after its founding in Chenango County, Chobani is seeking a place on the New York Stock Exchange.

The company announced last week that it had confidentially filed documents with NYSE that may lead to an initial public offering valued as high as $10 billion.