This chart shows how a Microsoft acquisition of TikTok for $50 billion would stack up against tech's largest deals ever
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Sun Microsystems Inc., Chief Executive Scott McNealy.Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems was very specific: To own the rights to the Java programming language. Those rights would eventually lead to an ongoing legal battle with Google. For Sun Microsystems, which was in decline and saddled with loads of debt at the time, an acquisition was a lifeline.Incoming GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella .
Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp in 2014, though wildly expensive, enabled Facebook to instantly expand its reach by tens of millions of people. Despite its connection to Facebook, like Instagram, WhatsApp remains popular around the world. Carly Fiorina , chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard, taps knuckles with Michael Capellas, chairman and CEO of Compaq, after a press conference in New York on September 4, 2001, where they discussed the announced merger of the two companies.
Of note: LinkedIn is Microsoft's most expensive acquisition of all time, and anything above that paid for TikTok would instantly make it the new most expensive purchase.SoftBank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ken Miyauchi poses for a group photograph during a ceremony for the company's listing at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 19, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
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