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David Rosenthal: belief

11 Nov 2016 Acquired The Facebook IPO

“Yup. And we think a little bit about like the financial returns to the acquirer but we’re not spreadsheet jockeys here.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
11 Nov 2016
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yeah, absolutely. The way that we normally grade an acquisition is through the lens of was it a good way to deploy that capital for the acquirer. So, we kind of close our eyes and don’t really care about was it a good thing for the acquire because they’re getting a bunch of money, it was a great thing, and investors are cashing out, and almost every time that we analyze it, it was good. Yup. And we think a little bit about like the financial returns to the acquirer but we’re not spreadsheet jockeys here. Right.…

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