E-success stories: Own you own industry

Flipkart.com 77% sold to Walmart $ 16 million

Cars.com Sold to Gonnett Co. in 2014 $ 2.5 billion

About.com Sold to NYT Co. in 2005 $ 410 million

MySpace.com Sold to News Corp. in 2005 $ 580 million

Broadcast.com Acquired by Yahoo.com in 1999 $ 5.7 billion

Tradex.com Acquired by Ariba Inc. in 1999 $ 2 billion

Hotmail.com Bought by Microsoft in 1997 $ 400 million

TradeMe.co.nz 51% sold in 2012 $ 616 million

HomeAway.com Acquired by Expedia in 2015 $ 3.9 billion

Topps.com Sold to Fanatics Inc in 2012 $ 2 billion

Tumblr.com Acquired by Yahoo in 2013 $ 1.1 billion

Twitch.com Sold to Amzon in 2014 $ 970 million

Chewy.com Sold in 2017 to PetSmart $ 3.35 million

GeoCities.com Purchased by Yahoo in 1999 $ 3.6 million

MapQuest.com Purchased by AOL in 2000 $ 1.1 billion

Zynga.com Sold to NaturalMotion in 2014 $ 527 million

Jet.com Acquired by Walmart in 2016 $ 3 million

GitHub.com Acquired by Microsoft in 2018 $ 7.5 million

AOL.com Purchased by Verizon in 2015 $ 4.4 million

Netscape.com Sold to AOL in 1998 $ 4.2 million

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