Skype: Rags to Riches of eBay and Microsoft
Seeking Alpha eBay, Inc. who acquired Skype in a 2005 deal valued at around $3.1 billion, sold about 70% of Skype to the private group at a loss in 2009 after failure to integrate Skype into its eCommerce model. That left eBay with a roughly 30% ownership in Skype. … |
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