Facebook-Oculus VR Is Tech’s Latest Billion-Dollar Deal
In the wake of Facebook’s $19 billion Whatsapp deal, Mark Zuckerberg has grabbed even more headlines with his acquisition of Oculus VR. The move has proved controversial amongst fans of the company’s virtual reality headet, the Oculus Rift, and is the latest in a series of billion-dollar deals amongst America’s leading tech firms.
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This chart shows the value of selected tech company acquisitions (in billion U.S. dollars).
Price of selected acquisitions by Meta as of November 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Price of the most expensive company acquisition deals in the technology industry from 2001 to January 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars)
Value of acquisitions of venture-backed companies worldwide from Q4 2018 to Q1 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Main acquisitions of the company Microsoft from 1997 to July 2025, by purchase price (in millions of U.S. dollars)
Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Largest video game industry acquisitions worldwide as of August 2023, by deal value (in billion U.S. dollars)
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