HipMojo.com http://watchmojo.com/web/blog Covering Online Video, Web, Search, Investing, Technology, Strategy, Investing, M&A, Financing, VCs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Oracle Acquires BEA Systems, Adds to Crown Jewel http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/01/16/oracle-acquires-bea-systems-adds-to-crown-jewel/ http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/01/16/oracle-acquires-bea-systems-adds-to-crown-jewel/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:31:15 +0000 Ashkan Karbasfrooshan BEA SystemsM&AOracleSoftware http://watchmojo.com/web/blog/index.php/2008/01/16/oracle-acquires-bea-systems-adds-to-crown-jewel/ Oracle pays $8.5B to acquire BEA Systems.  It’s not Oracle’s biggest deal, in 2005, Larry Ellison shelled out a whopping $10.3B to acquire Peoplesoft.

To see where this deal sits in terms of other M&A in the same range (not adjusted for inflation), see our snapshot of M&A deals:

And to see a comprehensive list of the largest M&As of all time, click here.

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