FACTBOX-Google parent Alphabet's biggest ever buyouts
March 18 - Alphabet GOOGL.O will buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion, in a deal that represents the Google parent's biggest acquisition ever.
The deal value is much higher than the roughly $23 billion Google had offered for Wiz last year before antitrust worries forced the startup to shelve the deal.
Here's a look at the Google parent's biggest acquisitions to date:
Target | Deal Value | Deal Type | Closing |
Wiz | $32 billion | All-cash | Expected in 2026 |
Motorola Mobility | $12.5 billion | All-cash | May 2012 |
Mandiant | $5.4 billion | All-cash | September 2022 |
Nest Labs | $3.2 billion | All-cash | February 2014 |
DoubleClick | $3.1 billion | All-cash | March 2008 |
Looker | $2.6 billion | All-cash | February 2020 |
Fitbit | $2.1 billion | All-cash | January 2021 |
YouTube | $1.65 billion | Stock-for-stock | November 2006 |
Part of HTC's smartphone operations | $1.1 billion | All-cash | January 2018 |
Waze | $966 million | All-cash | June 2013 |
AdMob | $750 million | All-stock | May 2010 |
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