BANGALORE: World’s largest social networking site Facebook has bought world’s largest instant messaging company WhatsApp for $19 billion. The deal will be keeping the social network giant more close to the heart of mobile users. The deal, remarked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as biggest ever in the history of world has some amazing facts in its fold that you must know. Here are some facts about largest ever tech deal as compiled by Times of India.

#9 Largest acquisition by Facebook

Facebook’s acquisition of WatsApp for $19 billion is the largest deal ever made by any technology company. Facebook is paying $4 billion in cash and $12 billion stock for the messaging service and it will grant an extra $3 billion worth of restricted stock units to WhatsApp's founders. Social networking giant is paying $42 per user with the deal, dwarfing its own $33 per user cost of gaining Instagram.

#8 Biggest deal than any Microsoft, Google, Apple have ever made

Facebook-WhatsApp acquisition is the biggest deal than any Microsoft, Apple and Google have ever made. Microsoft’s biggest acquisition was its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype, whereas Google’s largest deal was of Motorola Mobility at $12.5 billion. Conversely Apple never had a deal more than $1 billion.

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