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Last week, after the purchase of Motorola was announced, Lenovo’s CEO spoke about the acquisition. He explained that he approached Google’s Eric Schmidt in 2012 after missing out on Motorola in 2011 (when Google bought the company). Today, we have learned why Lenovo failed to buy Motorola in 2011.
It was because they were talking to the wrong Motorola. You may recall that Motorola was split into two companies in early 2011. One was Motorola Solutions and the other being Motorola Mobility. Rather than speaking with then-CEO Sanjay Jha of Motorola Mobility, Lenovo met with Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown. Of course, Motorola Solutions had nothing of value for Lenovo. And because of this, Lenovo had no idea that Google was about to buy Motorola Mobility for more than $12 billion.
Source: Sina Tech
Via: Unwired View
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