M&A Deal Summary

Walt Disney Acquires Playdom

On July 27, 2010, Walt Disney acquired digital media company Playdom for 763M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Walt Disney’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 7th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-07-27
Target Playdom
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Walt Disney
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 763M USD

Target

Playdom

Palo Alto, California, United States
Playdom Inc. is one of the leading companies in the fast-growing business of online social gaming.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Walt Disney

Burbank, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Media
Employees177,080
Revenue 91.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.

Walt Disney is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. Walt Disney operates in five business segments. These include Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive. The Media Networks segment includes international and domestic cable television networks, a domestic broadcast television network, television production operations, domestic and international television distribution, domestic television stations, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. Walt Disney was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 21
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 20
State: California M&A 7 of 10
Country: United States M&A 10 of 16
Year: 2010 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-01 Tapulous

Palo Alto, California, United States

Tapulous, Inc. is a mobile software and video game developer.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-30 Miramax

Santa Monica, California, United States

Miramax LLC is a producer and distributor of films and television series in United States and internationally.

Sell $660M