10 Biggest Tech Acquisitions in History

9. Oracle buys PeopleSoft – $10.3 billion

Back in 2004, after 18 months of negotiations, Oracle Corp. convinced PeopleSoft they needed to sell for $10.3 billion. The conquest was even sweeter for Oracle’s execs since PeopleSoft Inc. was a rival company.

Not only did they manage to buy the company, but somehow, the talented tech management stayed on too, which is something that doesn’t necessarily happen when rival companies are swallowed up by some big name. Within a year of the acquisition, the PeopleSoft name was done and Oracle started selling the software under its own name.

PeopleSoft created software for human resources, financial management, supply chain, customer relationship and more.

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