Microsoft Acquires GitHub

Announced October 26, 2018 — $7.50B

What happened

GitHub was a company based in United States operating in software development and version control platform.

Microsoft's acquisition history

227th of 280 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

70 of 280 Microsoft deals

Microsoft's average disclosed price

$2.55B

Microsoft's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 2018

81 across all acquirers

Microsoft in Software development and version control platform

1 acquisition

When did Microsoft acquire GitHub?

Microsoft acquired GitHub on October 26, 2018. This was Microsoft's 227th publicly tracked acquisition out of 280 we have on record.

How much did Microsoft pay for GitHub?

Microsoft paid $7.50B for GitHub.

What does GitHub do?

GitHub was a company based in United States operating in software development and version control platform.

What other Software development and version control platform companies has Microsoft acquired?

GitHub is Microsoft's only publicly tracked acquisition in Software development and version control platform so far.