Google and Microsoft are the kings of multi-billion dollar acquisitions (which generally end up a waste of money). Apple rarely drops more than a hundred millio

Google and Microsoft are the kings of multi-billion dollar acquisitions (which generally end up a waste of money). Apple rarely drops more than a hundred million on an acquisition and when they do, it's for a foundational technology. Even PA Semi which is the foundation of their chip architecture was a sub-billion dollar acquisition. Notably, their two big $1B+ acquisitions were Beats and Next.