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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
22 Jul 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume II
“Here’s how to pull it apart. Yahoo had about 15% market share of search, which I think was number two.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 22 Jul 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume II
Transcript context
…Yes. It’s because I’m just loving, I’m smiling the whole time. I’m imagining, all of you listening being like $47 billion for Yahoo. What are they smoking? Keep going. Here’s how to pull it apart. Yahoo had about 15% market share of search, which I think was number two. Google was way, way, way ahead. On the face of it, you’re thinking wait, $47 billion to buy 15% market share in search? But there are actually two other assets here. There’s Yahoo Japan and there’s a stake in Alibaba, Not just a stake.…
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