Mark Zuckerberg On Oculus VR, WhatsApp Acquisitions: ‘These Are Two Kinds Of Rare Instances’

Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during his keynote address at the 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 24: “Look, when you’ve just bought a company for $16 billion (WhatsApp, not counting the restricted stock units that hiked the total to $19 billion), chances are you are probably done with your acquisitions for a while.” A while was barely more than one month, and Zuckerberg explained the motivation behind Facebook’s $2 billion deal to acquire immersive virtual reality technology company Oculus VR in a call with analysts Tuesday.

OculusRift650Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during his keynote address at the 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 24: “Look, when you’ve just bought a company for $16 billion (WhatsApp, not counting the restricted stock units that hiked the total to $19 billion), chances are you are probably done with your acquisitions for a while.” A while was barely more than one month, and Zuckerberg explained the motivation behind Facebook’s $2 billion deal to acquire immersive virtual reality technology company Oculus VR in a call with analysts Tuesday.

Zuckerberg said during the call, as reported by CNET:

I definitely don’t think you should expect us to make multibillion dollar acquisitions within a couple of months frequently.

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