Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that owns 7 consumer brands, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1]
Microsoft was founded in 1975 writing a BASIC interpreter for an early hobbyist computer and became dominant by licensing an operating system to every PC maker rather than building the machines. It has since bought several of the largest consumer internet properties, including the biggest acquisition in the history of video games.
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Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $95 per share in cash, about $68.7 billion, the largest acquisition ever made in the video games industry. It closed twenty-one months after announcement following contested reviews in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. The European Commission cleared the deal unconditionally in October 2018, finding no risk that the buyer would degrade the platform for rival developer tools.
Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for $196 per share in cash, valuing it at about $26.2 billion. It was the largest acquisition in Microsoft history until Activision Blizzard.
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Microsoft owns 7 consumer brands tracked here, including Skype, Bing, GitHub, Xbox, LinkedIn and Minecraft.
Yes. Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States and was founded in 1975.
Microsoft is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as MSFT on the NASDAQ.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Activision Blizzard on 13 October 2023.
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