Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate restructuring are an important part of business.

More often than not they make big headlines across the globe and are often featured in General
Awareness section of exams like IIFT, SNAP and XAT. More often than not, the questions are based
on big deals that took place during the last 6 months to 1 year. When one of my students asked me
to send him a list of important deals from 2013, I told him to Google it. I was pretty sure that
someone would have made a list and the student was just being lazy. When he replied back saying
that he couldnt find one, to be honest I was mildly irritated.
Then I hit Google myself to find out some such list but unfortunately wasnt able to do so. There
were a few lists which were given by value but it doesnt work that way. I dont think that Perrigo
acquiring Elan for 8.6 B $ has a higher chance of being asked than Jeff Bezos (of Amazon) acquiring
Washington Post for 0.25 B $. So, I decided to create one, thinking it would hardly take 10 minutes.
Boy! I was wrong. It has taken me a lot longer than that and hopefully you will find useful. If you
have any suggestions to add to the list, please let me know via the comments section.

Year
2011
2012
2013
2011

Purchaser
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Google

Purchased
Skype
Yammer
Nokia Handset & Services Business
Motorola Mobility

2012

Google

Meebo, QuickOffice, Sparrow,

VirusTotal, Viewdle, BufferBox

2013

Google

Wavii, Makani Power, Waze, Bump,

Flutter

Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Facebook
Facebook
Naspers (Ibibo)
Unilever
Softbank
Berkshire Hathaway
Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

Snip.it, Summly, Astrid, Qwiki, Rockmelt,

Bread
Tumblr
Instagram
Tagtile, Lightbox, Face, Spool
RedBus
HUL
Sprint Corporation
H. J. Heinz Company
Washington Post

2013
2013
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013

Value
8.50 B $
1.2 B $
7.20 B $
9.8 B $

1.1 B $
1B$
138 M $
3.6 B $
21.60 B $
28.00 B $
250 M $