Tech Company M&A Transactions

Palm Acquisition

Palm, based in Sunnyvale, was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The transaction price was $1 billion.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/29/2010
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
$1,000,000,000
M&A Terms
Hewlett-Packard Co. scooped up Palm Inc. for about $1 billion in cash.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Mobile
Mailing Address
950 W. Maude Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
At Palm, we're focused on creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enable people to better manage extraordinary lives on the go. Our goal is to deliver products that implement technology in a truly useful way. We innovate. We create and define categories. Expect not just more, but better. Not just faster, but more useful.
Profile
Palm LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Palm Company Twitter Account
Company News
Palm News
Facebook
Palm on Facebook
YouTube
Palm on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Jon Rubinstein
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Chief Financial Officer
Doug Jeffries
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VP - Bus. Development
Mike Bell
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VP - General Counsel
Mary Doyle
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VP - Marketing
Katie Mitic
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VP - Operations
Jeff Devine
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VP - Sales
Dave Whalen
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