Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by throwaway09223 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:52PM (#31029599)

Alibaba was pre-ipo at the time and did not have a market valuation. The most effective way to estimate a market value for Alibaba at this time is the 2008 MSFT offer itself.

MSFT didn't offer $44B for Yahoo's internet business. The offer was in large part for the Alibaba stake.

Regardless, MSFT priced it all at around $44B, which is less than it eventually was valued at.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by kolbe on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:23PM (#31030121)

There were still private transactions that valued Alibaba far lower that you claim. What justification do you have for your claim?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by iheartblocks on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:50PM (#31031513)

What was the valuation of the private transactions and when were they?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by kolbe on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:49PM (#31032382)

I amend my statement a little: They actually IPOed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in late 2007 before delisting in 2012. They IPOed at $10bn. They traded as high as $25bn the first day. But I have no other data.

https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-alibabacom-ipo-dc/aliba...

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