NetEase - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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NetEase M&A Summary

NetEase has acquired 1 company, including 1 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 1 asset.

It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2019, when it sold NetEase - Kaola to Alibaba Group Holding for $2.0B. The Company’s most targeted sectors include digital media (100%).

NetEase Business Overview

Where is NetEase headquartered?

NetEase is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

What is NetEase’s revenue?

NetEase disclosed revenue of 87,606M CNY for 2021 and 73,667M CNY for 2020.

How many employees does NetEase have?

NetEase has 32,064 employees.

What sector is NetEase in?

NetEase is a digital media company.

When was NetEase founded?

NetEase was founded in 1997.

M&A Summary

M&A Total Activity2
- M&A Buy Activity1
- M&A Sell Activity1
Total Sectors Invested 1
Total Countries Invested 1
M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

NetEase

NetEase, Inc.

NetEase Building No. 599 Wangshang Road Binjiang District,
Hangzhou, 310052
China,
+86 571 8985 3378
www.netease.gcs-web.com

NetEase is an entity that is developing and operating some of China's most popular PC-client and mobile games. As one of the world's largest incubators of quality online game content, NetEase Games is dedicated to supporting the growth of innovative studios around the globe and growing an international presence along the way. To complement its self-developed games and world-class R&D capabilities, NetEase Games also partners with other industry leaders including Blizzard Entertainment, Mojang AB (a Microsoft subsidiary) and other global game developers to operate some of the most popular international online games in China. NetEase was founded in 1997 and is based in Beijing, China.

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year		≤ '19	'20	'21	'22	'23	'24	T
Buy (0.0/yr)	#	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Sell (0.0/yr)	vol	$2.0B						$2.0B
								2

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
NetEase, Inc. - Kaola	2019-09-05	2.0B USD	Divestiture
Beijing, China
Quantic Dream S.A.	2019-01-29	-	Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.quanticdream.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector	Buy #	Value	Sell #	Value
Digital Media	1 (100%)	-	-	-
E-Commerce	-	-	1 (100%)	2.0B (100%)
Total	1	-	1	$2.0B

By Geo

State/Country	Buy	Value	Sell	Value
China	-	-	1	2.0B
France	1	-	-	-
Domestic	-	-	1 (100%)	2.0B (100%)
Cross-border	1 (100%)	-	-	-
Total	1	-	1	$2.0B

Deal Values

sell	#	Total
> $1B	1	$2.0B
TOTAL		$2.0B
Largest	NetEase, Inc. - Kaola $2.0B (2019-09-05)

M&A Connections

		Deals
Divested to
Strategic(s)	100%	1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Digital Media

Revenue

87,606 19%	2021
73,667 25%	2020
59,241 12%	2019
67,156 25%	2018
54,102	2017
(millions of CNY)	Show More Show Less

Employees

32,064

Established

1997

Public

NASDAQ: NTES

Former Name

NetEase.com, Inc.

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