The data displays a selection of companies Microsoft has acquired since 2002 and their respective price. In September 2014, Microsoft acquired Swedish game developer Mojang for 2.5 billion USD. Mojang is the creator of the successful Minecraft game. The company's most expensive acquisition was social business networking platform LinkedIn in 2016 for 26.2 billion USD.
LinkedIn (2016) | 26200 |
Skype (2011) | 8500 |
aQuantive (2007) | 6400 |
Mojang (2014) | 2500 |
Fast Search & Transfer (2008) | 1200 |
Yammer (2012) | 1200 |
Tellme (2007) | 800 |
Danger (2008) | 500 |
Greenfield Online (2009) | 486 |
Rare, Inc. (2002) | 337 |
Adallom (2015) | 320 |
VoloMetrix (2015) | 250 |
SwiftKey (2016) | 250 |
Equivio (2014) | 200 |
Massive (2006) | 200 |