IBM M&A Summary
IBM has acquired 219 companies, including 40 in the last 5 years. A total of 51 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 35 assets.
IBM’s largest acquisition to date was in 2018, when it acquired Red Hat for $34.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2014, when it sold IBM’s x86 Server Business to Lenovo Group for $2.1B. IBM has acquired in 26 different US states, and 21 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (55%) and information technology (24%).
M&A Summary
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M&A Total Activity237
- M&A Buy Activity203
- M&A Sell Activity35
- Total Sectors Invested 12
- Total Countries Invested 21
- M&A Buy/Sell Connections 106