Google’s Stock-Based YouTube Acquisition Cost $2-3B

Ashkan Karbasfrooshan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:29:54 +0000

When Google bought YouTube in October 2006, it paid $1.65B in stock. The reason for YouTube investors was mainly tax-based. Google’s stock then hovered in the $425-475 range.

Surely, Sequoia, Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have sold some stock, but at its peak ($747), the YouTube acquisition netted investors over $3B.

Today, with Google’s price at a respectable $650, the deal remains a $2.5B sale. Not bad at all. Where does that sit in the list of biggest mergers and acquisitions of all time?

I’m glad you asked. We have that, too.

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Google’s Stock-Based YouTube Acquisition Cost $2-3B