2005: Yahoo! invested in Alibaba buying a 40% stake in the company for US$1 bill...

		rsecora on July 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did no... 2005: Yahoo! invested in Alibaba buying a 40% stake in the company for US$1 billion. 2014: US$10 billion in Alibaba's IPO alone to Yahoo. 2019: Altaba (yahoo remains owning Alibaba+YahooJapan) liquidates for US$40 billions.