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

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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! Check Out my in-depth Blogpost on the topic: bit.ly/BestAcquisitions 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! The list include Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel, Disney’s Acquisition of ESPN, Google’s Acquisition of Google Maps, Ebay’s Acquisition of Paypal, Priceline’s Acquisition of Booking.com, Google’s, Acquisition of Android, Apple’s Acquisition of NEXT, Google’s Acquisition of YouTube, Google’s Acquisition of DoubleClick, Facebook’s Acquisition of Instagram. What acquisition did I miss? Let me know in the comments. SUBSCRIBE for more informative and entertaining business stories and money making hacks. 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 04:00 Priceline’s Acquisition of Booking.com 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 Here is the Blogpost I created on this topic: https://moelueker.com/biggest-tech-acquisitions-ever/ Sources: Inspiration Post and main Graph: https://www.10kreader.com/blog/the-greatest-acquisitions-of-all-time Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/wahix3/oc_top_10_greatest_acquisitions_of_all_time/ Other Resources: M&A - https://hbr.org/2011/03/the-big-idea-the-new-ma-playbook Marvel - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2022/07/28/when-did-disney-buy-marvel/10147483002/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/09/04/from-avengers-to-shang-chi-what-marvel-studios-is-really-worth-to-walt-disney/?sh=4849585a6d9c Booking - https://www.phocuswire.com/Why-Pricelines-purchase-of-Booking-com-was-the-most-profitable-travel-deal-of-the-2000s Apple - https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/22/apple-acquiring-next-25th-anniversary/ YouTube Acquisition - https://www.investopedia.com/google-s-incredible-youtube-purchase-15-years-later-5200225#:~:text=Nearly Instagram Acquisition - https://www.vox.com/recode/23274761/facebook-instagram-land-the-giants-mark-zuckerberg-kevin-systrom-ashley-yuki#:~:text=When And Other sources not noted down. #techacquisitions #acquisition #mergers This video is about: tech acquisitions, best tech acquisitions,Greatest Acquisitions,mergers and acquisitions,acquisitions,mergers,acquisition,merger,top 10 tech acquisitions,acquisitions by google,mergers & acquisitions,Top 10 Mergers and Acquisitions,acquisition by facebook,marvel,disney,google,ESPN,priceline,apple,next,youtube acquisition,instagram acquisition,facebook acquisition,doubleclick acquisition,google acquisition,apple acquisition,paypal acquisition,aquisition,mergers and aquisition,google maps acquisition, greatest tech acquisition