The Silver Lake consortium is one of a number of parties bidding for a minority stake in Yahoo, but their offer has a number of factors that makes them a major contender. The Silver Lake consortium also includes venture capital firm Andreessen...
Meanwhile, Microsoft's $9.08 billion acquisition of Skype from Silver Lake Partners represents the single largest transaction. A study released by Berkery Noyes examines the acquisition and merger tendencies of the online and mobile industry.
Skype was purchased from eBay last year by a group of investors: private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
