The Biggest Tech Acquisitions Of All-Time

AOL Acquires Time Warner

In the first few days of the new millennium AOL announced what remains to be the largest

acquisition of all time. The $164 billion dollar acquisition was later called one of the worst

decisions in corporate history.

AT&T Acquires DirectTV

After Comcast swooped up Time Warner, AT&T made

moves to be able to compete with a massive acquisition

of DirectTV for $48.5 Billion.

Comcast Acquires Time Warner

In 2014 we saw some consolidation in digital services. In what many saw as an anti-competitive move in the cable industry, Comcast bought Time

Warner for $45 billion. This gives them 75% market share in the

cable industry.

Facebook Acquires WhatsApp

This huge acquisition made headlines when the announcement was made that Facebook would purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion. The purchase was so high because of the rapid growth

of WhatsApp but at the time it was $42 per user.

Hewlett-Packard Acquires Compaq

In the biggest computer hardware acquisition of all-time, HP purchased fledging computer maker Compaq for just under $19 billion.

Hewlett-Packard Acquires Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

Ross Perot’s EDS was purchased by HP in 2008

for $13.9 billion for their IT services.

Symantec Acquires Veritas

In 2005, security software company Symantec purchased Veritas. Veritas had a rolodex of Fortune 500 companies and some complementary services

that helped grow the company.

Google Acquires Motorola Mobility

Google has been trying to enter the hardware space for a while, recently releasing a computer

and a phone. But in 2012 Google purchased Motorola

Mobility for $12.5 billion and didn’t do much with it.

Oracle Acquires PeopleSoft

Oracle completed a hostile takeover of PeopleSoft in

2005 which wound up being accepted by PeopleSoft for

$10.3 billion.