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Price of selected acquisitions by Microsoft 2017

Price of selected acquisitions by Microsoft as of July 2017 (Figures expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

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