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How many companies did Apple buy for how much money?
- Apple has bought about 100 companies in the last six years.
Among the largest purchases:
1) Beats headphone company - $ 3,2 billion;
2) Shazam - $ 400 million;
- But compared to competitors, Apple spends very little to buy startups.
- For example, Apple’s ten biggest acquisitions will be less than Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn for $ 26,2 billion or Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for $ 19 billion.