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Is there any billion dollar acquisition outside of youtube, that has not been disappointment?
by venomsnake 11y ago
Is there any billion dollar acquisition outside of youtube, that has not been disappointment?
- codemac 11y agoYes - many? Is that a serious question? http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2010/20101115-01.htm http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2010/20101115-01.htm http://www.zdnet.com/article/cisco-finalises-ironport-acquisition/# http://www.zdnet.com/article/cisco-finalises-ironport-acquis...! (almost) There are many more, those are the only ones that I have personal knowledge of.
- venomsnake 11y agoIt would have been better to give the follow up of how products and companies evolved under the new ownership. And if they ended money making endeavors.
- codemac 11y agoWell -- search for "data domain". They make back their purchase price within 2 years of acquisition (and now making it back again almost every year). http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/02/24/emc-and-data-domain-a-profitable-decision/ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/02/24/emc-and-data-domain-... My post was meant to encourage the OP to actually research acquisitions, as typing into ddg.gg "billion dollar acquisitions" returns results littered with successes.
- codemac 11y agoOh, and I almost forgot Data Domain http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20090708-02.htm http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20090708-02.htm
- lacker 11y agoPaypal and Instagram were staggeringly successful acquisitions.