Yahoo's 25 years of Ls: passed on Google twice, rejected Microsoft's $44.6B, sold for $4.48B
sahilypatel · x · 2026-10-10
A thread recapping Yahoo's biggest strategic blunders over 25 years:
- 1998: Yahoo declined to license Google's search tech for $1M
- 2002: Yahoo offered $3B for Google; Google wanted $5B — the deal died
- 2008: Microsoft bid $44.6B for Yahoo; the board said it undervalued the company
- 2017: Verizon bought Yahoo's core internet business for $4.48B, after knocking $350M off the price due to data breaches
From missing Google twice to rejecting Microsoft's record offer and selling at a fraction of it, Yahoo lost at every turn.
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