The biggest and largest private mergers and acquisitions in US History/all-time, including private equity (http://angelkings.com/invest) and stock purchases. The expert on venture capital and mergers/acquisitions, Ross Blankenship (http://rossblankenship.com) goes through an official ranking of the largest PE buyouts and company mergers and acquisitions. Some of the list include Facebook and Instagram, Google and Nest Labs, Burger Kings and Tim Hortons, Yahoo and Tumblr, BC Partners and Petsmart, Ebay and BrainTree, Blackstone and Gates Global, Carlyle and Acosta, Onex and Combibloc, IMS Health and Appature, and Starr Partners buying Multiplan. Some highlights of the biggest/largest PE mergers and acquisitions of ever include: 1. FACEBOOK BUYS INSTAGRAM In April of 2012, Facebook announced it was acquiring photo site Instagram for a cool billion dollars. Cash–rich Facebook needed a few of Instagram’s assets, but not the physical kind. 2. GOOGLE BUYS NEST LABS 3. BURGER KING BUYS TIM HORTONS In January 2014, 3G Capital, a Brazilian private equity firm, bought Tim Hortons Inc., the Canadian doughnut chain, in a move designed to increase the total number of outlets The Biggest Private 4. YAHOO BUYS TUMBLR The most interesting aspect of the Yahoo/Tumblr nuptials was not the $1.1 billion cash acquisition price but the “wedding” vows. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer publicly promised not to “screw it up.” 5. BC PARTNERS BUYS PETSMART In December 2014, BC Partners La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, StepStone and Longview Asset Management announced they were buying out pet supply retailer PetSmart for $8.7 billion. 6. EBAY BUYS BRAINTREE 7. BLACKSTONE BUYS GATES GLOBAL 8. CARLYLE BUYS ACOSTA 9. ONEX BUYS SIG COMBIBLOC 10. IMS HEALTH BUYS APPATURE 11. STARR PARTNERS BUYS MULTIPLAN To learn about investing and how some startups and large companies can be acquired, visit: http://www.angelkings.com/startups/