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:
5Waze: $1.1 billion (approximately)
Waze was always a competition to Google Maps. But then, the company just acquired Waze and since then, it owns not one, but two navigation services. The technology company is reported to have paid $1.1 billion. The app enables customers to update the map with cases of accidents and because of this feature, it gained tremendous popularity. It is used by almost 50 million users in the world.