Greatest Tech Acquisitions Ever! (+$100,000,000,000)

In this video, I reveal the greatest and most successful, best tech acquisitions of all time. This video covers Tech Companies but also covers other top M&A that were the most successful.
You might be familiar with some of these investments, but I bet you there is at least one that will surprise you!

Many of the top Tech companies don't wait years or decades for organic growth. Instead, most of the biggest companies we know became the biggest companies in the world through mergers and acquisitions. And despite of a high percentage of acquisition failure, companies spend hundreds of billions of dollars on these deals because they can be lucrative if they go well.

With that, let's check out the top 10 Greatest Tech Acquisitions of All Time!

What acquisition did I miss? Let me know in the comments.

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The top tech acquisitions have been a major factor in the growth of the industry. Some of these acquisitions have been done for strategic purposes, while some for increasing market share.

A lot of times, these acquisitions are done to improve the product portfolio and services offered by the company. It also gives them an edge over their competitors in terms of innovation and technology.

Every year, there are a number of mergers and acquisitions that take place in the tech industry. These are often driven by the need for companies to diversify or to build up their market share. The following is a list of some of the most notable mergers and acquisitions in recent times.

The following list is not exhaustive, but it does include some of the most notable examples of tech mergers and acquisitions in recent times.

Google acquired Youtube, Android, DoubleClick and Nest Labs for more than $60 billion. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. Yahoo! has acquired more than 40 companies since 2000, including Geocities (1999), Overture Services (2003), Broadcast Media Inc (2005) and Tumblr (2013).

Chapters:
00:00 Top Tech Acquisitions' intro
00:30 Ways a business can grow
00:53 Cons of Business Acquisition
01:11 Biggest Failures in Acquisition
01:27 Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel
02:31 Disney’s Acquisition of ESPN
03:06 Google’s Acquisition of Google Maps
04:35 Ebay’s Acquisition of Paypal
05:35 Google’s Acquisition of Android
06:14 Apple’s Acquisition of NEXT
07:01 Google’s Acquisition of YouTube
07:55 Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick
09:00 Facebook’s Acquisition of Instagram
09:56 Top 10 Tech Acquisitions ever

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[MoeLueker]

Let me know in the COMMENTS if I missed any great acquisitions! – Thanks for SUBSCRIBING for fun and insightful business content.


And thanks to 10K reader for the Inspiration on this topic.

[studymusicfocus]

This popped up on my newsfeed, not sure why, but I enjoyed it.

[WesKendall]

I wish I could like this video twice. Had forgotten about many of these. Nice video!

[saaarahc]

Good info! Thanks. I would love to know more about why the mergers failed. I think often there’s too little thought given to culture and employee integration, and things remain siloed / employees report dissatisfaction post-merger

[rockyriccardi]

thanks for this video!! super educational. id love to hear your thoughts on investing in MANGA companies. do you think it’s worth it?

[Jesus-hfzo]

Is the return on investment adjusted to inflation?

[iraakaria]

Only 546 views, Are you kidding me???