Facebook Has Spent $22 Billion on Acquisitions. That's Equal to the GDP of Uganda.

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Facebook Has Spent $22 Billion on Acquisitions. That's Equal to the GDP of Uganda.
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Media juggernauts in today's tech**logy sector don't hold back when it comes to spending top dollars on rising startups

Facebook (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/facebook?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) in particular has spent a whopping $22 billion-plus on disclosed acquisitions since its inception in 2004WhatsApp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Instagram (http://mashable.com/category/instagram/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and 45 other companies are **w under Facebook's belt. It didn't take Mark Zuckerberg very long to realize buying other companies is the best way to grow his own

See also: 2013's Top Winners and Losers in Tech (http://mashable.com/2013/12/02/2013-tech-winners-losers/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The folks at Marketo (http://www.marketo.com/) created an infographic comparing the $22 billion-plus sum to the gross domestic products of countries, the net worth of celebrities, the price of making ****** and values of professional sports teams. Take a look below: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/facebook-acquisitions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Features (http://mashable.com/category/features/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Instagram (http://mashable.com/category/instagram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Whatsapp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/F78SNGuwy9w