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Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz

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Is There a Synergy Between Acquisition and Strategic Integration?

Microsoft bought LinkedIn for an 8X multiple of revenue, but it's actually a pretty good business on its own. Microsoft has co-invested with some private equity firms in a few of these take privates or LBOs and the one that was announced is Informatica. And what's actually exciting about that one is there's a component of that business which is also a really good growth component to we get excited about.

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