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The office building at 901 Cherry Avenue in San Bruno, YouTube's longtime headquarters

Friday, 7/3, 03:44 PM

The $1.65 Billion Bet: How Google's 2006 YouTube Deal Became One of Tech's Great Bargains

In October 2006, Google agreed to buy a 19-month-old video startup for $1.65 billion in stock.
At the time, plenty of observers thought it had overpaid.
Nearly two decades on, the YouTube deal stands as one of the best acquisitions in business history — and a case study in how founders and backers get paid.

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