Amit Chowdhry | November 28, 2011 | 322 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AliBaba, Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackstone Group, David Filo, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hellman & Friedman, Hellman and Friedman, Jerry Yang, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Microsoft Corporation, Silver Lake, Silver Lake Partners, THL Partners, TPG Capital, Yahoo!
A consortium of investors that are being led by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Silver Lake are submitting a plan to buy a minority stake in Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). TPG Capital is another company that will be making a proposal for Yahoo! Both of these proposals would lead to taking a stake of around 20% of the company.
Amit Chowdhry | May 10, 2011 | 820 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Microsoft Corporation, Silver Lake, Silver Lake Partners, Skype, Steve Ballmer, Tony Bates
It has been confirmed that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from major shareholder Silver Lake. The Microsoft and Skype board of directors has approved of the deal. As of the end of 2010, Skype had 170 million users and accounted for 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations.
Amit Chowdhry | May 10, 2011 | 864 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Index Ventures, Janus Friis, Microsoft Corporation, Niklas Zennström, Silver Lake Partners, Skype
A few days ago I wrote about how Google and Facebook were in talks to form a partnership with Skype. Looks like those talks have ended because Microsoft is going to acquire Skype Technologies Inc. for between $7-$8 billion according to several sources. Including the long-term debt associated with Skype, the deal is worth about $8.5 billion. This would be Microsoft’s largest acquisition since Yahoo! turned down the $48 billion offer.
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