Decision Made by

ARVETI PHANI SURYA KIRAN

REG.NO:18397019
MBA-DMS
PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
 Co-Founder & CEO
MARK ZUCKERBERG
An American online social media and social networking
service company
Headquartered in Menlo Park, California
Launched on February 4, 2004
Initially website's membership limited to Harvard students only
It is open to all since 2006
Initial public offering in Feb 2012, valuing the company at $104
billion, the largest valuation to that date
1.Acquiring INSTAGRAM

on April 9, 2012, facebook acquiried Insatgram photo

filter app for $1 billion

$300 million as cash

Remaining $700 million as facebook shares

2.Acquiring WHATSAPP

In February 2014, Facebookacquired mobile

messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion
 $4 billion in Cash
 $12 Billion worth of Facebook shares
 $3 billion Facebook shares for employees of
whatsapp
Given $42 per user
2013
 Move fast to avoid irrelevancy
like Motorola , Blackberry, Nokia lost
relevancy in months
 Create and use your own currency
while acquisition, facebook used a mix
of cash, Facebook stock and restricted Facebook
stock for employees of whatsapp
 *sources
https://www.quora.com/When-Facebook-
bought-Whatsapp-for-22-Billion-how-did-they-
pay-How-did-that-much-money-got-exchanged
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/20
13/05/22/business-decisions/#2f66f9b4250
https://www.forbes.com/leadership/#7b2ec2
e1d66d
https://www.google.co.in/search?biw=1280&b
ih=694&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=jHl9W7e6CdGdsAeD
vq3gDw&q=facebook+stock+price+history+chart
+from+2012&oq=facebook+stock+price
Thank you