List of acquisitions by Microsoft – a data journey

Microsoft was established in 1975 and it went public in 1986 [in about 11 years] Microsoft’s first acquisition was in 1987 and it has purchased an average of six companies a year. Microsoft has made eight acquisitions worth over one billion dollars: Skype (2011), aQuantive (2007), Fast Search & Transfer (2008), Navision (2002), Visio Corporation … Read more