IBM's acquisition of Red Hat for 34 billion U.S. dollars in 2018 is the largest purchase in the software market in recent years. Microsoft's purchase of the employment service company LinkedIn in 2016 ranked second on the list, with a deal value of 26.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Leading merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the software market worldwide from 2008 to 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Apps Run The World. (April 25, 2019). Leading merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the software market worldwide from 2008 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050071/worldwide-large-merger-acquisition-deal-software/
Apps Run The World. "Leading merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the software market worldwide from 2008 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050071/worldwide-large-merger-acquisition-deal-software/
Apps Run The World. (2019). Leading merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the software market worldwide from 2008 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050071/worldwide-large-merger-acquisition-deal-software/
Apps Run The World. "Leading Merger and Acquisition (M&a) Deals in The Software Market Worldwide from 2008 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050071/worldwide-large-merger-acquisition-deal-software/
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Leading merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the software market worldwide from 2008 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Apps Run The World, April 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050071/worldwide-large-merger-acquisition-deal-software/
