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Target↕ | Acquirer↕ | Price↕ | Year↕ | Sector↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Activision Blizzard | Microsoft | $69B | 2023 | Gaming | Largest gaming acquisition ever; gave Microsoft Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush |
VMware | Broadcom | $61B | 2023 | Cloud/Infrastructure | Massive enterprise software deal; Broadcom's pivot from chips to software dominance |
Twitter | Elon Musk (X Corp) | $44B | 2022 | Social Media | Most controversial tech acquisition; Musk rebranded to X and gutted 80% of staff |
EMC Corporation | Dell Technologies | $67B | 2016 | Enterprise Storage | Largest tech deal in history at the time; created Dell Technologies empire |
LinkedIn | Microsoft | $26B | 2016 | Social/Professional | Microsoft's entry into professional networking; LinkedIn now has 1 billion+ members |
WhatsApp | Facebook (Meta) | $19B | 2014 | Messaging | 55 employees, no revenue — highest price-per-employee acquisition in tech history |
Slack | Salesforce | $28B | 2021 | Enterprise Communication | Salesforce's biggest acquisition; integrated workplace messaging with CRM |
Red Hat | IBM | $34B | 2019 | Open Source/Cloud | Largest open-source software acquisition; IBM's bet on hybrid cloud strategy |
Nuance Communications | Microsoft | $20B | 2022 | AI/Healthcare | AI speech recognition pioneer; powers medical documentation and voice assistants |
21st Century Fox | Disney | $71B | 2019 | Entertainment | Disney gained X-Men, Avatar, and FX; reshaped the entertainment industry |
Figma | Adobe (Cancelled) | $20B | 2022 | Design | Would have been largest private software acquisition; blocked by regulators |
Instagram | Facebook (Meta) | $1B | 2012 | Social Media/Photo | Considered the best tech acquisition ever; Instagram now generates $50B+ in annual ad revenue |
YouTube | $1.65B | 2006 | Video | Transformed from a startup to $30B+ annual revenue platform; second-largest search engine | |
Skype | Microsoft | $8.5B | 2011 | Communication | Pioneered consumer video calling; later superseded by Microsoft Teams |
GitHub | Microsoft | $7.5B | 2018 | Developer Tools | World's largest code hosting platform with 100M+ developers; powers Copilot AI |
Motorola Mobility | $12.5B | 2012 | Mobile/Hardware | Google acquired 17,000 patents; later sold hardware unit to Lenovo for $2.9B | |
Arm Holdings | SoftBank | $32B | 2016 | Semiconductors | ARM chip designs power 99% of smartphones; SoftBank IPO'd it at $65B valuation in 2023 |
Whole Foods | Amazon | $13.7B | 2017 | Retail/Grocery | Amazon's biggest push into physical retail; sent shockwaves through the grocery industry |
Beats Electronics | Apple | $3B | 2014 | Audio/Music | Apple's largest acquisition ever; Beats Music evolved into Apple Music |
Waze | $1.1B | 2013 | Navigation | Community-driven navigation app; crowdsourced traffic data integrated into Google Maps |
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