02/26/2008 AD acquired
On 16 January 2008, MySQL AB announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Sun Microsystems for approximately $1 billion. The acquisition completed on 26 February 2008.
Widenius earned about €16.6 million in capital gains in 2008 (€16.8 million total income), making him one of the top 10 highest earners in Finland that year.
See Sun to fork out $1 billion for open-source firm MySQL
Palo Alto, CA
Lattitude: 37.4418° N
Longitude: 122.143° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 37.4418° N
Longitude: 122.143° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What acquired?
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Sun Microsystems American company that so...
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Michael Widenius (Monty) Finnish software program... -
MySQL An open-source relationa...
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