10 most expensive acquisitions made by Google

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:

9ITA Software: $700 million

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Google acquired ITA Software in 2011 after it agreed to pay $700 million for it. The technology giant then revamped its Google Flight service. Using this, Google could foray into the travel industry as well.

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