In February 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for $31 a share — then a 61% control premium. Yahoo said no thanks but six years later, Microsoft should only offer a 30% premium of $52 a share — or $53 billion.
Interesting Facts:
- Mayer led Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr in a $1.1 billion acquisition.
- Yahoo paid $1 billion for a 40 percent stake in Alibaba in 2005
Other Yahoo Investments and Acquisitions:
| Name | |||||||
| 2 | October 8, 1997 | Four11 | Web-based email |  USA |
$92,000,000 | Yahoo! Mail | [9] |
| 3 | March 31, 1998 | Classic Games | Online game | USA |
— | Yahoo! Games | [10] |
| 4 | April 29, 1998 | Sportasy | Fantasy sport | USA |
— | Yahoo! Fantasy Sports | [11] |
| 5 | June 8, 1998 | Viaweb | Web application | USA |
$48,600,000 | Yahoo! Store | [12][13] |
| 6 | July 17, 1998 | Webcal | Calendaring software | USA |
$21,000,000 | Yahoo Calendar | [14] |
| 7 | October 12, 1998 | Yoyodyne | Direct marketing | USA |
$29,600,000 | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [15] |
| 8 | December 1998 | Hyperparallel | Data analysis | USA |
$8,100,000 | Yahoo! Search | [13][16] |
| 9 | April 1, 1999 | Broadcast.com | Internet radio | USA |
$5,700,000,000 | Yahoo! Music Radio (defunct) | [17] |
| 10 | May 27, 1999 | Encompass | Internet service provider | USA |
$130,000,000 | Yahoo! | [18] |
| 11 | May 28, 1999 | GeoCities | Web hosting service | USA |
$3,600,000,000 | Yahoo! GeoCities | [19] |
| 12 | June 2, 1999 | Online Anywhere | Content delivery network | USA |
$80,000,000 | Yahoo! TV | [20] |
| 13 | March 23, 2000 | Arthas.com | E-commerce payment systems | USA |
— | Yahoo! Store | [21] |
| 14 | April 5, 2000 | MyQuest | Internet service provider | USA |
— | Yahoo! | [22] |
| 15 | June 30, 2000 | VivaSmart | E-commerce | USA |
$8,900,000 | Yahoo! Shopping | [23] |
| 16 | August 31, 2000 | eGroups | Electronic mailing list | USA |
$432,000,000 | Yahoo! Groups | [24] |
| 17 | November 9, 2000 | Kimo | Web portal |  TWN |
$30,000,000 | Yahoo! | [25] |
| 18 | February 14, 2001 | Sold.com.au | Online auction tools |  AUS |
$30,000,000 | Yahoo! Shopping | [26] |
| 19 | June 28, 2001 | LAUNCH Media | Online music store | USA |
$12,000,000 | Yahoo! Music | [27] |
| 20 | February 12, 2002 | Hotjobs.com | Job search engine | USA |
$436,000,000 | Yahoo! HotJobs | [28] |
| 21 | December 23, 2002 | Inktomi Corporation | Internet service provider | USA |
$235,000,000 | Yahoo! Search | [29] |
| 22 | June 14, 2003 | Overture Services, Inc. | Search engine marketing | USA |
$1,630,000,000 | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [30] |
| 23 | January 2004 | 3721 Internet Assistant | Browser Helper Object |  CHN |
$120,000,000 | Yahoo! Assistant | [31] |
| 24 | March 26, 2004 | Kelkoo | Price comparison service |  EU |
$579,000,000 | Kelkoo | [32] |
| 25 | July 12, 2004 | Oddpost | Web-based email | USA |
$30,000,000 | Yahoo! Mail | [33] |
| 26 | September 14, 2004 | Musicmatch Jukebox | Audio player | USA |
$160,000,000 | Yahoo! Music | [34] |
| 27 | October 2, 2004 | The All-Seeing Eye | Game server browser | EU |
— | Yahoo! Games | [35] |
| 28 | October 22, 2004 | Stata Labs | Web-based email | USA |
— | Yahoo! Mail | [36] |
| 29 | December 7, 2004 | WUF Networks | Mobile media | USA |
— | Yahoo! Mobile | [37] |
| 30 | February 11, 2005 | Verdisoft | Wireless data sharing | USA |
$58,000,000 | Yahoo! Mobile | [38] |
| 31 | March 4, 2005 | Stadeon | Online game | USA |
— | Yahoo! Games | [39] |
| 32 | March 20, 2005 | Ludicorp | Image hosting service |  CAN |
$40,000,000[citation needed] | Flickr | [40] |
| 33 | April 12, 2005 | TeRespondo | Advertising network |  BRA |
— | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [41] |
| 34 | June 14, 2005 | Dialpad | Voice over Internet Protocol | USA |
— | Yahoo! Voice | [42] |
| 35 | June 14, 2005 | blo.gs | Weblog software | USA |
— | Yahoo! 360° | [43] |
| 36 | July 25, 2005 | Konfabulator | Widget engine | USA |
— | Yahoo! Widgets | [44] |
| 37 | October 4, 2005 | Upcoming.org | Calendaring software | USA |
— | Yahoo! Local | [45] |
| 38 | October 18, 2005 | Whereonearth | Web mapping |  UK |
— | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [46] |
| 39 | December 12, 2005 | del.icio.us | Social bookmarking | USA |
$20,000,000 | del.icio.us | [47] |
| 40 | January 9, 2006 | Webjay | Online music store | USA |
— | Yahoo! Music | [48] |
| 41 | January 17, 2006 | SearchFox | Web search engine | USA |
— | Yahoo! Search | [49] |
| 42 | April 18, 2006 | Meedio | Digital video recorder | USA |
— | Yahoo! Go | [50] |
| 43 | September 27, 2006 | Jumpcut.com | Online video editing | USA |
— | Yahoo! Video | [51] |
| 44 | October 17, 2006 | AdInterax | Online advertising | USA |
— | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [52] |
| 45 | November 16, 2006 | Bix.com | Social media | USA |
— | Bix | [53] |
| 46 | November 17, 2006 | Kenet Works | Mobile software | EU |
$25,000,000 | Yahoo! Mobile | [54] |
| 47 | December 2006 | Wretch | Virtual community | TWN |
$22,000,000 | Wretch | [55] |
| 48 | January 8, 2007 | MyBlogLog | Social network service | USA |
— | MyBlogLog | [56] |
| 49 | April 29, 2007 | Right Media | Online advertising | USA |
$850,000,000 | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [57] |
| 50 | June 20, 2007 | Rivals.com | College sports | USA |
— | Yahoo! Sports | [58] |
| 51 | September 4, 2007 | BlueLithium | Advertising network | USA |
$300,000,000 | Yahoo! Search Marketing | [59] |
| 52 | September 14, 2007 | BuzzTracker | News site | USA |
— | Yahoo! News | [60] |
| 53 | September 17, 2007 | Zimbra | Collaborative software | USA |
$350,000,000 | Zimbra | [61] |
| 54 | February 5, 2008 | FoxyTunes | Browser extension | USA |
— | FoxyTunes | [62] |
| 55 | February 12, 2008 | Maven Networks | Video on demand | USA |
$160,000,000 | Yahoo! Video | [63] |
| 56 | May 9, 2008 | Inquisitor | Browser extension | USA |
— | Inquisitor | [64] |
| 57 | July 22, 2009 | Xoopit | Webmail applications | USA |
$20,000,000 | Yahoo! Mail | [65] |
| 58 | August 25, 2009 | Maktoob.com | Social media |  JOR |
$167,000,000 | Maktoob.com | [66] |
| 59 | March 17, 2010 | citizensports.com | Sports Social media | USA |
— | citizensports.com | [67] |
| 60 | May 18, 2010 | Associated Content | Content farm | USA |
— | Associated Content | [68] |
| 61 | May 25, 2010 | Koprol | Geosocial network |  IDN |
— | Koprol | [69] |
| 62 | October 4, 2010 | Dapper | SmartAds |  ISR |
$55,000,000 | Dapper | [70] |
| 63 | January 20, 2011 | Spreets | Daily deals | AUS |
$40,000,000 | Spreets | [71] |
| 64 | April 25, 2011 | IntoNow | Recognize TV content | USA |
$20,000,000 | IntoNow | [72] |
| 65 | November 1, 2011 | Interclick | Data driven advertising | USA |
$270,000,000 | Yahoo! Ad Network | [73] |
| 66 | October 25, 2012 | Stamped | Social recommendation | USA |
— | Yahoo! Mobile | [74] |
| 67 | December 4, 2012 | OnTheAir | OnTheAir | USA |
— | IntoNow | [75] |
| 68 | January 22, 2013 | Snip.it | Social network | USA |
$10,000,000 | Snip.it | [76] |
| 69 | February 12, 2013 | Alike | Social recommendation | USA |
— | Yahoo! Mobile | [77] |
| 70 | March 20, 2013 | Jybe | Social recommendation | USA |
— | Jybe | [78] |
| 71 | March 25, 2013 | Summly | News aggregation, summarization | UK |
$30,000,000 | Yahoo App | [79] |
| 72 | May 1, 2013 | Astrid | Productivity | USA |
— | Astrid | [80][81] |
| 73 | May 9, 2013 | GoPollGo | Real-time surveys | USA |
— | Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps | [82] |
| 74 | May 9, 2013 | MileWise | Flight rewards management | USA |
— | Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps | [82] |
| 75 | May 10, 2013 | Loki Studios | Mobile gaming | USA |
— | Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps | [83] |
| 76 | May 17, 2013 | Tumblr | Blogging | USA |
$1,100,000,000 | [84] | |
| 77 | May 23, 2013 | PlayerScale | Online gaming | USA |
— | Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps | [85] |
| 78 | June 12, 2013 | GhostBird Software | Mobile Photography Apps | USA |
— | Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps | [86] |
| 79 | June 13, 2013 | Rondee | Video Conferencing | USA |
— | — | [87] |
| 80 | July 2, 2013 | Bignoggins Productions | Fantasy Sports | USA |
— | — | [88] |
| 81 | July 2, 2013 | Qwiki | Automated Video Production | USA |
$50,000,000[89] | — | [90] |
| 82 | July 3, 2013 | Xobni | CRM | USA |
$40,000,000[91] | — | [92] |
| 83 | July 18, 2013 | Ztelic | Social Analytics | CHN |
— | — | [93] |
| 84 | July 31, 2013 | Lexity | ecommerce Analytics | USA |
$35,000,000[94] | — | [95] |
| 85 | August 2, 2013 | Rockmelt | News Aggregator | USA |
— | — | [96] |
| 86 | August 23, 2013 | IQ Engines | Image Recognition | USA |
— | Flickr | [97] |
| 87 | September 30, 2013 | Hitpost | Sports | USA |
— | — | [98] |
| 88 | October 11, 2013 | Bread | Advertising | USA |
— | — | [99] |
| 89 | October 23, 2013 | LookFlow | Image Recognition | USA |
— | Flickr | [100] |
| 90 | December 2, 2013 | SkyPhrase | Natural Language Processing | — | — | — | [101] |
| 91 | December 3, 2013 | Ptch | Video sharing | USA |
$6,500,000 | — | [102] |
| 92 | December 6, 2013 | EvntLive | Live and on demand music playing | USA |
— | — | [103] |
| 93 | December 9, 2013 | Quik.io | Cross Platform Video Streaming | USA |
— | — | [104] |
| 94 | December 17, 2013 | PeerCDN | Content Delivery Network | USA |
— | — | [105] |
| 95 | January 7, 2014 | Aviate | Intelligent homescreen for the Android OS | USA |
— | — | [106] |
| 96 | January 21, 2014 | SPARQ | Mobile Marketing | USA |
— | — | [107] |
| 97 | January 24, 2014 | Cloud Party | Virtual world gaming | — | — | — | [108] |
| 98 | January 28, 2014 | Tomfoolery | Conversation platform | USA |
— | — | [109] |
| 99 | January 30, 2014 | Incredible Labs | Time Management App | USA |
— | — | [110] |
| 100 | February 11, 2014 | Wander | Social Diary | USA |
— | — | [111] |
| 101 | February 13, 2014 | Distill | Technical Recruiting | USA |
— | — | [112] |
| 102 | March 5, 2014 | Vizify | Social media information transformation | USA |
— | — | [113] |
| 103 | May 13, 2014 | Blink | Mobile Messaging | USA |
— | — | [114] |
| 104 | June 10, 2014 | PhotoDrive | Photo Management | USA |
— | — | [115] |
| 105 | July 12, 2014 | RayV | Video Streaming Platform | ISR |
— | — | [116] |
| 106 | July 21, 2014 | Flurry | Mobile Analytics | USA |
$200,000,000 | — | [117] |
| 107 | August 15, 2014 | ClarityRay | Ad Security | ISR |
— | — | [118] |
| 108 | September 5, 2014 | Luminate | Advertising | USA |
— | — | [119] |
| 109 | September 22, 2014 | Bookpad | Document Handling |  IND |
$15,000,000 | — | [120][121] |
| 110 | October 4, 2014 | LittleInc | Messaging App | USA |
— | — | [122] |
| 111 | November 11, 2014 | BrightRoll | Online Video Advertising | USA |
$640,000,000 | — | [123] |
| 112 | November 21, 2014 | Cooliris | Photo Viewing | USA |
— | — | [124] |
| 113 | December 11, 2014 | Media Group One | Advertising and online video |  GER |
— | — | [125] |
| 114 | July 31, 2015 | Polyvore | Clothing E-commerce website | USA |
$160,000,000 | — |
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