Technology giants like Google, Apple and Facebook often make headlines with their deals and acquisitions. Besides developing their own services, these companies often acquire other companies to get them to work for them as an in-house firm. It is a good way of expanding their business, getting more experts to work for them, and at the same time, get a service from a company that is already established in its working. Today, Google‘s latest acquisition has come to light. The company is said to have agreed to pay $2.6 billion for acquiring Looker Data Science, making it one among the biggest acquisition deals of the search giant. But then, Google is known for its expensive acquisitions. Here, we have listed down the 10 most expensive acquisitions that Google has ever made:
4HTC’s smartphone division: $1.1 billion
Google primarily acquired HTC‘s smartphone division because it was growing serious about its position in the smartphone industry. The company paid a whopping $1.1 billion for HTC’s Pixel smartphone division. After the acquisition, the company has launched its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL flagship smartphones, and more recently, it has unveiled the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL.