Microsoft’s 5 Biggest Acquisitions of All Time

In this article, we discuss the 5 biggest acquisitions of all time made by Microsoft. If you want to read our detailed analysis of these stocks, go directly to Microsoft’s 10 Biggest Acquisitions of All Time. 

5. ZeniMax Media

Date of Purchase: September 2020

Amount Paid By Microsoft: $7.5 billion     

The ZeniMax Media acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was another step by the tech giant to increase presence in the gaming industry. ZeniMax Media was the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, a firm that owned eight game studios with several best-selling offerings, including The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. When making the announcement for the deal, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) underlined that gaming was the fastest-growing entertainment form and would generate annual revenues of $200 billion in the coming years. 

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) touted the success of Xbox Game Pass when announcing the purchase, noting that the cloud-gaming service had reached 15 million subscribers. The ZeniMax Media purchase would help add up to 23 creative studios to the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) team for cloud gaming services that would contribute to the sustained success of gaming strategy of the tech giant, the press release outlined. Satya Nadella, the CEO Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), was at the forefront of this deal too.