G+_Mark Wehrwein Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 (OLD) Nature of Technology Acquisitions :- #Google purchased #Android for a tiny amount of US$50 million back in 2005. http://www.dazeinfo.com/2014/05/08/google-purchased-android-us50-million-technology-acquisitions-infographic/ Google is known as 'the big spender' when it comes to M&A. Google bought #Nest technologies for US$3.2 Billion in 2014, with the goal of collecting data on activities done at home. It paid just half that amount in shares to buy #YouTube , which now generates an annual revenue of US$4.3 billion. Since 2010, there have been more than 2500 acquisitions every year, with the highest at 2936 in 2011. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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