Top 10 Best Internet Acquisitions Ever

Ashkan Karbasfrooshan over at Seeking Alpha has compiled a list of the “Ten Best Internet Acquisitions Ever”.

Among the acquisitions that made the list is the impressive 1998 move by Microsoft to buy Hotmail for $400M , the writer continues to write that although the amount is clearly high, the fact remains that Hotmail – one of the most successful viral plays ever – allowed Microsoft to access a web audience quickly. Every time someone logged off of Hotmail, there they were, on MSN.com.

eBay’s acquisition of Paypal for $1.5B in 2002 also makes the list.

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