AOL - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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AOL M&A Summary

AOL has acquired 64 companies of its own. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 11 assets.

AOL’s largest acquisition to date was in 2000, when it acquired WarnerMedia for $182.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2010, when it sold ICQ to Mail.ru Group for $188M. AOL has acquired in 14 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (58%) and software (18%).

AOL Ownership

Who owns AOL?

AOL is owned by Verizon Communications. It was acquired on May 12, 2015.

AOL Business Overview

Where is AOL headquartered?

AOL is headquartered in New York, New York.

What sector is AOL in?

AOL is an internet software and services company.

When was AOL founded?

AOL was founded in 1985.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity75
    • M&A Buy Activity64
    • M&A Sell Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 14

AOL

AOL, Inc.

770 Broadway,
New York, New York 10003
United States,
(212) 652-6400
www.aol.com

AOL is a media technology company that produces, distributes, and monetizes by connecting publishers with advertisers on its global, programmatic content and advertising platforms. AOL was formed in 1985 and is based in New York, New York.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 64 - - - - - 64
vol $193.8B $193.8B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 11 - - - - - 11
vol $188M $188M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
RYOT Corp. 2016-04-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Venice, California · www.ryot.org
AlephD SAS 2016-01-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.alephd.com
Millennial Media, Inc. 2015-11-23 238M USD Add-on Acquisition
Baltimore, Maryland · www.millennialmedia.com
CrunchBase 2015-09-23 - Spin Off
San Francisco, California · www.crunchbase.com
Sociocast Networks, LLC (dba Velos) 2015-03-02 - Add-on Acquisition
, United States · www.velos.io
Vidible, Inc. 2014-12-01 50M USD Add-on Acquisition
Montclair, New Jersey · www.vidible.tv
Lucid Commerce, Inc., d/b/a PrecisionDemand, 2014-05-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.precisiondemand.com
PrecisionDemand 2014-05-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.precisiondemand.com
Convertro, Inc. 2014-05-06 101M USD Add-on Acquisition
Santa Monica, California · www.convertro.com
Gravity 2014-01-23 90M USD Add-on Acquisition
Santa Monica, California · www.gravity.com
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Netscape Communications Corp.    - Portola Communications, Inc. 1997-06-17 1
Mountain View, California · isp.netscape.com Palo Alto, California

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 37 (58%) 6.1B (3%) 4 (36%) 188M (100%)
Software 11 (17%) 400M (< 1%) 2 (18%) -
Media 6 (9%) 182.0B (94%) 3 (27%) -
Marketing 4 (6%) 5.0B (3%) - -
Information Technology 3 (5%) - 1 (9%) -
Digital Media 3 (5%) 355M (< 1%) - -
Information Services - - 1 (9%) -
Total 64 $193.8B 11 $188M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 58 193.6B 11 188M
  California 24 5.7B 4 -
  New York 9 183.5B 2 -
  Washington 4 - - -
  Virginia 2 287M 1 188M
  Maryland 2 673M - -
  Colorado 2 1.1B - -
  Vermont 1 400M 1 -
  Tennessee 1 37M 1 -
  Illinois 1 - 1 -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 50M - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  District of Columbia 1 - - -
Israel 2 65M - -
Canada 1 28M - -
France 1 - - -
Germany 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 97M - -
Domestic 58 (91%) 193.6B (100%) 11 (100%) 188M (100%)
Cross-border 6 (9%) 190M (< 1%) - -
Total 64 $193.8B 11 $188M

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $188.9B
$100M to $1B 12 $4.5B
< $100M 8 $413M
TOTAL $193.8B
Largest WarnerMedia LLC
$182.0B (2000-01-10)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $188M
TOTAL $188M
Largest ICQ LLC
$188M (2010-04-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Strategic(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
18%
2 (18%)
Strategic(s)
45%
5 (45%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

2,319   2013
(millions of USD)

Established

1985

Former Name

AOL Time Warner

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