11 Biggest Companies Acquired By Facebook

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 1. WhatsApp – $19 billion in 2014

WhatsApp ranks number one on our list of the 11 biggest companies acquired by Facebook, since the latter paid a jaw dropping sum of $19 billion for the landmark acquisition. Zuckerberg had long understood the importance of smartphones in peoples’ lives and that by taking over WhatsApp, Facebook could gain access to those mobile users. WhatsApp, which is the world’s biggest mobile messaging service, marks Facebook’s largest acquisition by far. WhatsApp reported having more than 1 billion users at the end of the third quarter of last year. From humble origins, WhatsApp has risen to be among the top social media apps in 2016.

11 Biggest Companies Acquired By Facebook

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