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Baidu - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Baidu M&A Summary

Baidu has acquired 9 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 4 assets.

Baidu’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired JOYY’s Live Streaming Business for $3.6B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2018, when it sold Du Xiaoman Financial to TPG for $1.9B. Baidu has acquired in 2 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (45%) and software (23%).

Baidu Business Overview

Where is Baidu headquartered?

Baidu is headquartered in Beijing, China.

What is Baidu’s revenue?

Baidu disclosed revenue of 134,598M CNY for 2023 and 123,675M CNY for 2022.

How many employees does Baidu have?

Baidu has 39,800 employees.

What sector is Baidu in?

Baidu is an internet software and services company.

When was Baidu founded?

Baidu was founded in 2000.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7

Baidu

Baidu, Inc.

Baidu Campus No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street Haidian District,
Beijing, 100085
China,
+86 10 5992 8888
www.baidu.com

Baidu is a Chinese language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to provide a way for people to find whatever they're looking for. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides a platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu was founded in 2000 and is based in Beijing, China.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 9 - - - - - 9
vol $5.9B $5.9B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $1.9B $1.9B
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
JOYY’s Live Streaming Business 2020-11-16 3.6B USD Divestiture
Guangzhou, China
Uxin Ltd. 2018-06-27 - IPO
Beijing, China · www.xin.com
Du Xiaoman Financial 2018-04-28 1.9B USD Divestiture
Beijing, China · www.duxiaoman.com
Kitt.ai 2017-07-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.kitt.ai
xPerception Technology, Inc. 2017-04-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Mountain View, California · www.xperception.io
Qunar.Com, Inc. 2017-02-28 - Merger
Beijing, China · www.qunar.com
Uxin Ltd. 2015-03-17 - Growth Capital
Beijing, China · www.xin.com
91 Wireless Websoft Limited 2013-08-14 1.9B USD Divestiture
Fuzhou, China · www.91.com
PPS 2013-05-07 370M USD Add-on Acquisition
, China · www.pps.tv
TrustGo Mobile, Inc. 2013-02-18 30M USD Add-on Acquisition
Santa Clara, California · www.trustgo.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 4 (50%) 5.9B (99%) 1 (33%) -
Software 2 (25%) 30M (1%) - -
E-Commerce 1 (13%) - 1 (33%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (13%) - - -
Financial Services - - 1 (33%) 1.9B (100%)
Total 8 $5.9B 3 $1.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
China 6 5.9B 3 1.9B
United States 3 30M - -
  California 2 30M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
Domestic 6 (67%) 5.9B (99%) 3 (100%) 1.9B (100%)
Cross-border 3 (33%) 30M (1%) - -
Total 9 $5.9B 3 $1.9B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $5.5B
$100M to $1B 1 $370M
< $100M 1 $30M
TOTAL $5.9B
Largest JOYY’s Live Streaming Business
$3.6B (2020-11-16)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $1.9B
TOTAL $1.9B
Largest Du Xiaoman Financial
$1.9B (2018-04-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
22%
2 (22%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

134,598   9% 2023
123,675   1% 2022
124,493   17% 2021
107,074   1% 2020
107,413   6% 2019
102,277   21% 2018
84,809   21% 2017
70,549   7% 2016
66,382   2015
(millions of CNY) Show More Show Less

Employees

39,800

Established

2000

Public

NASDAQ: BIDU

Former Name

Baidu.com, Inc.

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