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Data Points: Platform Dominance

Digital platforms are reaching every business sector. At the upcoming July 15  Platform Strategy Summit, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will be among the topics discussed. Read more in this recent report on Platform Mergers and Antitrust. Among the data points:

 

825

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft M&A totals 1987-2020

13.11

Average number of annual Google acquisitions since 2001

73

Highest number of M&A by GAFAM in one year (2014)

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Platform Mergers and Antitrust

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