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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
17 Mar 2020 Acquired The Top 10 Acquisitions of All-Time
“Here is my thesis on it. When you say Larry and Sergey don't strike me as M&A geniuses, obviously, Eric Schmidt was very active in the company at this point.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- belief
- Recorded
- 17 Mar 2020
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- Acquired
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…I remember. One of my interviews was the Google YouTube acquisition that had just happened. The question was, "What do you think about this?" I remember saying like, "Oh, man, they spent so much money. This seems crazy." Here is my thesis on it. When you say Larry and Sergey don't strike me as M&A geniuses, obviously, Eric Schmidt was very active in the company at this point. He was the CEO. He was CEO during all of these acquisitions, I think.…
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