Buying these 10 companies would've made you $650 billion.

Not too shabby...

Here's a list of the 10 best acquisitions of all time

The Michael Jordan of Acquisitions: Instagram

• Who bought it: Facebook
• Buy price: $1 billion
• Value today: $153 billion

let me whip out my calculator real quick..

oh wait yea Facebook made $152 BILLION on this.

Where Google Ads comes from: DoubleClick

• Who bought it: Google
• Buy price: $3.1 billion
• Value today: $127 billion

= $124 billion return

I interviewed their former CEO, Kevin Ryan, who also built MongoDB + Business Insider: https://twitter.com/chrishlad/status/1386379007894118401?s=20

2nd Biggest Search Engine in the World: YouTube

• Who bought it: Google
• Buy price: $1.65 billion
• Value today: $86 billion

= $85 billion return

Now Google's got the 2 biggest search engines.

Who even uses these phones: Android

• Who bought it: Google
• Buy price: $50 million
• Value today: $72 billion

= $71.9 billion return

The Operating System that runs Apple: NeXT

• Who bought it: Apple
• Buy price: $429 million in 1997
• Value today: $63 billion

= $62 billion return

MacOS, iOS, WatchOS all runs through NeXT.

wild.

Get those cheap airline tickets: Booking..com

• Who bought it: Priceline
• Buy price: $135 million
• Value today: $50 billion

= $49.8 billion return

The Tech Mafia we know and love: PayPal

• Who bought it: eBay
• Buy Price: $1.5 billion
• Value today: $47 billion

= $45.5 billion return

I wrote a thread former PayPal COO @DavidSacks here: https://twitter.com/chrishlad/status/1355933582515003393?s=20

Best Media Acquisition Ever: ESPN

• Who bought it: ABC News
• Buy price: $188 million
• Value today: $31 billion

= $30.8 billion return

The Trio that makes up Google Maps: Where2, Keyhole, Zipdash

• Who bought them: Google
• Buy price: $70 million
• Value today: $17 billion

= $16.9 billion return

The Makers of Avengers, Iron Man, + Captain America: Marvel

• Who bought it: Disney
• Buy price: $4 billion
• Value today: $20 billion

= $16 billion return

The Marvel Movies have made $22.5 billion in total box office receipts.

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TLDR:

We hit the MJ of Acquisitions, best media acquisition ever, and the origin of Google Maps.

From the list,

• Google has 4 out of the top 10

• Apple and Facebook only have 1.

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Big h/t to this Acquired podcast i listened to this week: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-top-10-acquisitions-of-all-time/id1050462261?i=1000468690656