11 Worst Tech Mergers and Acquisitions Ever

5. Microsoft and Nokia

Value: $7.2 billion

Up next in our list of worst tech mergers and acquisitions ever is another deal that showed that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) should really focus on software was its failed experiment with Nokia. In 2013, Microsoft bought the “smartphone” maker when the Nokia brand was already basically dead. Some argued that the deal was the only way to preserve the existence of the Windows Phone, as Nokia had been rumored to be interested in switching to Android. The acquisition was a clear a disaster within just two years, as Microsoft took impairment charges of around $8.0 billion and laid off thousands of workers.

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