Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://gographicsoutput.com/video/Tm5F0ShWDAb.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Verizons $9 Billion Blunder [GSS1a5IZToh] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT In 2017, Verizon acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion and combined it with AOL to create Oath, aiming to build a major digital advertising competitor to Google and Facebook. Just two years later, Verizon wrote down Oath’s value by $4.6 billion, admitting it had overpaid roughly $1 billion on the combined ~$9 billion deal and became desperate to exit. Private equity giant Apollo Global Management then stepped in, buying the distressed asset at a discount to cut costs, restructure, and eventually profit from it. 20ULN7bFkXP VErlxDhlm9X fky8n2ClD8Y G2qzLlzVShl RbSPPRlf5D3
In 2017, Verizon acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion and combined it with AOL to create Oath, aiming to build a major digital advertising competitor to Google and Facebook. Just two years later, Verizon wrote down Oath’s value by $4.6 billion, admitting it had overpaid roughly $1 billion on the combined ~$9 billion deal and became desperate to exit. Private equity giant Apollo Global Management then stepped in, buying the distressed asset at a discount to cut costs, restructure, and eventually profit from it. 20ULN7bFkXP VErlxDhlm9X fky8n2ClD8Y G2qzLlzVShl RbSPPRlf5D3