List of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms

The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform.

Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly held by rival Friendster.

The majority of the companies acquired by Meta are based in the United States, and in turn, a large percentage of these companies are based in or around the San Francisco Bay Area.

In order to have a really entrepreneurial culture one of the key things is to make sure we're recruiting the best people.

"[3] The Instagram acquisition, announced on April 9, 2012, appears to have been the first exception to this pattern.