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upwaydown t1_izjlt7y wrote

Reply to comment by Jim-N-Tonic in [OC] Largest mergers & acquisitions, inflation adjusted by giteam

It all happened so quickly and at such a large scale. When merged (Dec 2015), DowDuPont was the largest chemical company in the world by far. They merge to reorganize their assets, secrets, and liabilities with each other while creating a new public stock for a short amount of time. They broke up in March 2017 into 3, more product-concentrated companies. Dow, DuPont, and Corteva were the result and are still industry leaders today. In hindsight it appears DuPont and Dow split up assets and secrets in a tax-efficient/dodging way. Dow seemed to get the better deal in the end imo.

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ZetaZeta t1_izlby64 wrote

Good thing they didn't do each other dirty, like Google buying Motorola for $12.5 Billion, pocketed their patent portfolio, then sold Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9 Billion. 😂

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ksharpalpha t1_izlrhmm wrote

That was entirely the point of Google buying Motorola. They were always in for their parent portfolio because they were afraid someone like Apple, Microsoft or Samsung (for Tizen)would buy Motorola and weaponize their patents and kill Android.

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dmgirl101 t1_izmzz2s wrote

Yeah, everything took place so quickly. However, dates are not that accurate, it all started in 2017 and completed in 2019. The divestiture included only some Businesses though.

https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dowdupont-merger-successfully-completed.html

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upwaydown t1_izoo9j8 wrote

You're right, I've should have specified the dates I used were when they announced their plans, not completed them.

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