With 609 acquisitions between them, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft spent at nearly $130 billion in mergers and acquisitions. And that’s just based on the deals where financial details have been disclosed. See the stories behind the acquisitions made by the five companies set to dominate the future of tech.
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We chose Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google/Alphabet, and Microsoft as the five tech giants as they were dubbed the “Internet Big Five” or “The Frightful Five” and tipped to dominate the future of tech. We collected the data on their acquisitions using a multitude of sources, which include publications such as TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Fortune, Forbes, and Business Insider; databases such as Crunchbase and AngelList; and SEC filings of the big five tech companies.