Acquisition History / Google / Cask
Google Acquires Cask
Announced May 14, 2018
What happened
Cask was a big data, hadoop business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Cloud Platform.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Cask
- Announced
- May 14, 2018
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Big data, Hadoop
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Cask?
Google acquired Cask on May 14, 2018. This was Google's 219th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Cask?
The price Google paid for Cask was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Cask do?
Cask was a big data, hadoop business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Cloud Platform.
What other Big data, Hadoop companies has Google acquired?
Cask is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Big data, Hadoop so far.
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