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Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform.
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The lawsuit concerns Facebook's acquisition of two competitors—Instagram and WhatsApp—and the ensuing monopolistic situation. FTC alleges that Facebook holds monopolistic power in the U.S. social networking market and seeks to force the company to divest from Instagram and WhatsApp to break up the conglomerate. [ 146 ]
Facebook just bought link-sharing service Branch for $15 million, which is a surprise to absolutely no one given the company's propensity for acquiring start-ups. Especially start-ups that offer ...
Acquisitions: Facebook acquires Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. [17] [18] 2012: April 30: Growth: Instagram hits 50 million monthly active users. [12] 2012: June: Competition: Vine (service), a short-form video sharing service, launches. It was acquired by Twitter in October that year. [19] 2012: December 17: Product
On the contrary, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp valued the firm at $42.20 per user, assuming the full price tag of $19 billion for WhatsApp's 450 million users.
Acquisition: Facebook officially completes the acquisition of WhatsApp, and WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum agrees to match Mark Zuckerberg's $1 salary. [449] 2014: October 23: Product: Facebook launches pseudonymous app Rooms, where Facebook users can create and participate in forums on any topic and do not need to use their real names. [450]
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Richard A. Manoogian joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 92.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.