Top 10 Largest Tech Company Acquisitions: Microsoft-Blizzard Takes the Crown!

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Reza Pahlevi 31/01/2022 14:20 WIB

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Microsoft's acquisition of gaming company Activision-Blizzard is the largest technology acquisition to date. The acquisition is valued at US$68.7 billion, or approximately Rp 988.9 trillion.

Top 10 Acquisitions by the Largest Tech Companies (2022)

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Microsoft's acquisition of the gaming company Activision-Blizzard is the largest technology company acquisition to date, valued at US$68.7 billion, or approximately Rp 988.9 trillion.

This Activision-Blizzard acquisition surpasses Microsoft's previous largest acquisition. In 2016, Microsoft acquired the professional networking site LinkedIn for US$26.2 billion.

Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp ranks as the third largest acquisition, with a transaction value of US$22 billion in 2014.

Following this, Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance Communications reached US$16.2 billion. Then, Amazon acquired the physical retailer Whole Foods for US$13.7 billion.

*CB Insights* notes that tech giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple have collectively made over 800 acquisitions. Microsoft has the highest number of acquisitions exceeding US$1 billion compared to other tech giants.

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