Summary: Accomplished Specialist with over 15
years of acquired experience in Administrative and Leadership positions in manufacturing, sales, health insurance, and customer service.
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After
years of acquiring other banks and amassing its real estate portfolio, Abbey National pursued the sale - leaseback to give itself more flexibility, especially with Internet banking on the rise.
Not exact matches
The Borrowell team got to sit down with Strange, who happens to be both an entrepreneur and a Valley VC — she was part
of the executive team that built Ruba, a startup
acquired by Google in 2010, and in November last
year she became a partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
Warren Buffett «s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (brk - a) has become Bank
of America Corp's (bac) largest shareholder by exercising its right to
acquire 700 million shares at a steep discount, more than tripling an investment it made six
years ago.
To counter the fall in downloads, Apple plans to bundle the music streaming service it
acquired as part
of the $ 3 billion Beats Electronics deal earlier this
year into its iOS operating system, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Amazon's house - brand batteries now outsell Duracell online, and the company will now get upwards
of $ 16 billion a
year in annual revenue from a grocery store — Whole Foods, which it
acquired over the summer.
-- Daniel Putterman, cofounder, co-CEO, and head
of business for Kogniz, Inc. which recently released AICam, fully - autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real - time, using video - based facial recognition and object detection; also having founded and run venture - backed technology companies over the last 20
years including MaxInfo, Inc. (
acquired by NETM), EoExchange (S - 1), Mediabolic, Inc. (
acquired by ROVI), and Cloud Engines, Inc..
One such firm, Datalogix, was
acquired last
year by Oracle for a rumoured high nine figures, a tidy sum for a black - box process that, at the end
of the day, can essentially only correlate interest and purchase behaviour.
Google has
acquired 11 AI startups over the last five
years, leading the pack
of corporations hungry for artificial intelligence, according to CB Insights.
Through the deal, Discovery will have the option in two
years time to
acquire a controlling stake in Group Nine, which will be run by Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer, according to David Zaslav, CEO
of Discovery.
UBM bought trade show organizer Advanstar last
year for $ 972 million, capping off a five -
year spree in which it
acquired 53 companies, most
of them bolt - ons.
In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer
of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately
acquired the company earlier this
year for $ 46 million.
BKEG was
acquired in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer
of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the company and worked his way up to owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23
years.
Despite becoming aware
of the breach and having it reported to Yahoo's senior management and legal department, the company failed to properly investigate and did not disclose it to the public until more than two
years later, when it was in the process
of being
acquired by Verizon Communication Inc, the regulator said.
His counterintuitive philosophy was apparent this
year in his expressed openness to the idea
of acquiring the troubled Home Capital while other big investors shied away.
For
years QHR Technologies (recently
acquired by Loblaw Cos.» Shoppers Drug Mart) and Telus Health (a division
of the telecom) fought tooth and nail to get health authorities to digitize patients» medical records using their respective systems.
Last
year, 76 %
of Canadian software company CEOs told PricewaterhouseCoopers they planned either to be
acquired or to merge.
Blue Apron reported a loss
of almost $ 55 million last
year, as the cost
of acquiring new customers hurt the company's bottom line.
Before Tesla
acquired SolarCity, the two companies agreed in February to use Tesla's 52 MWh Powerpack to bring 20
years of power to the Hawaiian island Kaua'i.
In fact, Salesforce has
acquired a total
of four Canadian startups in just over two
years.
• BrideClick
acquired the assets
of Mode Media, a Brisbane, Calif. - based lifestyle site operator, which abruptly shut down last
year.
Launched earlier in July this
year, Esanjo is the brainchild
of Omar Kassim, formely the founder and CEO
of JadoPado.com, which Noon.com
acquired in May 2017.
Earlier this
year, TSX - listed Centric Health Corp.
acquired clinics in Vancouver and Winnipeg, bringing its roster
of surgeries across the country to seven.
Medved is one
of the more successful VCs — over the past 20
years, he has helped bring 11 companies to valuations
of more than $ 100 million, with some
of his more notable investments including Shopping.com (
acquired by eBay) and Answers.com (
acquired by Summit).
Others are yet to be
acquired, so they make it a key part
of their plan to gather them in the next
year.
It is the biggest supplier
of fresh and processed meat to Canadian supermarkets via some 70 brands, including the flagship Maple Leaf, Schneiders, Shopsy's and Dempster's names, plus many more, smaller regional brands
acquired over 15
years.
Webvan, which
acquired HomeGrocer in June 2000 before plummeting into bankruptcy a
year later, was the most troubling
of all.
Sands told analysts during a conference call that depletions — alcohol sold by wholesalers and distributors — jumped by double digits for those recently
acquired, premium - priced spirits and wines in the fourth quarter
of the
year.
Earlier this
year, Walmart
acquired jet.com for $ 3 billion and has added millions
of items to its online assortment as it looks to narrow the enormous gap with Amazon.com (amzn), whose U.S. sales are six times greater than Walmart.com's.
And within months
of announcing that it was
acquiring Rdio last
year, Pandora was reported to be on the block (although co-founder Tim Westergren has downplayed that idea since he took over as the company's CEO).
Other matching fund offers flooded in from techies, including Patrick Collison, chief executive
of online payment company Stripe, and Nat Friedman, co-founder and chief executive
of Xamarin, the software development company
acquired last
year by Microsoft (msft).
Peter Rahal, who along with Jared Smith founded RXBar, recalls a pivotal moment that set the philosophy
of their nutrition bar company — one that would eventually be
acquired by Kellogg for hundreds
of millions
of dollars last
year.
As founder
of thoroughbred investment syndicate Affirmed Bloodstock, Wagner saw a 22 % return on investment in 2011 after selling 11 horses
acquired the previous
year.
It even made a short list
of companies Alphabet was mulling trying to
acquire, Recode reported last
year.
The team will comprise people on Pike's gaming team and Master's sports group and will have access to all
of Nielsen's measurement capabilities, including Repucom, which Nielsen
acquired last
year.
Last
year, women made up more than half
of newly appointed HR executives, a role that's typically responsible for ensuring a company can
acquire and develop the staff it needs to execute the larger business plan.
By contrast, a company that spends $ 300 to
acquire a subscriber who spends $ 20 a month and cancels his subscription at the end
of the
year is pouring its money down the drain.
Calling the company «America's fourth automaker,» Morgan Stanley's Adam Jones noted that Tesla, based in Palo Alto, Calif., recently
acquired the ability to mass - produce vehicles after taking control
of a former GM - Toyota factory that can churn out 500,000 units per
year.
Nestle appealed the decision and in a recent ruling the OHIM Board
of Appeals reinstated the trademark on the grounds that the shape
of Nestle's Kit Kat bar had
acquired distinctiveness over the
years.
He has an extensive background in enterprise technology having spent more than 15
years at Mercury Interactive (which was
acquired by HP) where he served as SVP products and GM
of applications delivery.
The internet has been a-buzz since news broke yesterday that 23 -
year - old Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and chief executive
of messaging service Snapchat, turned down a $ 3 billion offer to be
acquired by Facebook.
Elysian is one
of five small brewers the world's largest beer producer has
acquired in the past five
years.
Revenue at NBCUniversal rose by 12 % to $ 7.5 billion, and theme park revenue climbed by 38 % to $ 1 billion, in part because
of the addition
of Universal Japan, which Comcast
acquired a stake in last
year.
Richardson International
acquired $ 900 million worth
of grain - handling assets that had belonged to Viterra this
year, and Richardson GMP became Canada's largest independent wealth managers with its $ 132 million acquisition
of Macquarie Group Ltd..
Facebook also owns Oculus Rift, one
of the leading players in VR, which it
acquired for $ 2 billion last
year.
(There was also speculation last
year that Disney may try to
acquire Vice outright, but those rumors have died down
of late.)
«Growth in digital has largely ignored the 91.5 %
of conversions that occur offline in the physical world,» explains David Shim, CEO
of location analytics leader Placed (
acquired by Snap this
year).
At No. 150, the recently
acquired Midroll Media has a three -
year growth rate
of 2,616 percent and a 2014 revenue
of more than $ 7.9 million.
«The acquisition
of the Weather Channel is strategic, as we begin our process
of investing billions
of dollars over the next five
years to
acquire some
of the best media assets around the world.»