eBay has made it clear that they over paid for Skype and the synergies they were hoping for are just not there.
According to comments made today by eBay CEO Tom Donahoe, he said, “it’s clear that Skype has limited synergies with eBay and PayPal. We believe operating Skype as a stand-alone publicly traded company is the best path…”
According to the company, an IPO will be completed by Q2 2010.
Skype currently has more than 400 million global users, and generated $551 million in total revenue in 2008.
Tags: 
Questions? Write to Hercules K at hercules@business2press.com
Facebook
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
It’s nice to find sites with information and thanks a lot for the discuss that you have given. Usually, I’m very surprised, but etc…