15 Biggest Acquisitions Of All Time

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7. Merger of Gaz de France and Suez

Total purchase price (in billions of dollars): 107

Total purchases price adjusted for inflation (in billions of dollars): 132

In 2007, Gaz de France merged with Suez, which resulted in the formation of one of the biggest electric companies in the world, Engie. It is one of the few companies in the industry to develop proper expertise in both upstream as well as downstream activities. The company had revenues of more than 60 billion euros while the net income was 1 billion euros. The company also currently employs more than 171,000 people and a fourth of the company is owned by the government of France.

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