3 ms·

Can someone explain how Yahoo's valuation increased by $33B, and yet it was sold for only $4.5B? Was Yahoo terribly in debt when Marissa took over? Or does the

Can someone explain how Yahoo's valuation increased by $33B, and yet it was sold for only $4.5B? Was Yahoo terribly in debt when Marissa took over? Or does the metric for valuation have no basis in reality?

phonon 9y ago
Most of Yahoo!'s value was in their assets, not their operating business. The operating business was sold to Verizon. The assets were spun off as "Altaba".
- Infernal 9y ago
  Ah, thanks! That makes a lot more sense.