Netflix’s acquisition of the Roald Dahl Story Company shows how owned IP can create a streaming moat while introducing new risks around brand stewardship and cultural legacy.
Rentokil’s $6.7B acquisition of Terminix shows why pest control roll-ups depend on route density, branch integration, technician workflows, and local execution.
The WarnerMedia Discovery merger shows how strategic overreach, debt pressure, culture clashes, and streaming disruption can turn a $65.3B media deal into an integration test.
Microsoft’s $26.2B acquisition of LinkedIn shows how buying the professional graph helped connect work, identity, data, and enterprise software strategy.
Amazon’s $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods reshaped grocery retail by combining technology, logistics, Prime, physical stores, and post-merger integration.
Disney’s $71.3B acquisition of 21st Century Fox reshaped streaming by giving Disney deeper content, control of Hulu, international reach through Hotstar, and major lessons in scale, debt, and integration.
