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List of largest corporate spin-offs

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The following table lists the largest ever corporate spin-offs.

Rank Year Divestor Spin-off entity Transaction value
(in billions USD)
Inflation adjusted
(in billions 2022 USD)
Ref
1 2024 United States General Electric Company United States GE Aerospace, GE Vernova, GE Healthcare 191 191 [1]
2 2008 United States Altria Group United States Philip Morris International 108 141 [2][3]
3 2000 Canada BCE Canada Nortel 60 97 [3]
4 2013 United States Abbott Laboratories United States AbbVie 56 67 [3]
5 2015 United States eBay United States PayPal 49 58 [3]
6 2007 United States Altria United States Kraft Foods 46 62 [3]
7 2001 United States AT&T United States Liberty Media Corporation 42 66 [3]
8 2015 Hong Kong CK Hutchison Holdings Hong Kong Cheung Kong Property Holdings 37 43 [3]
9 2006 United States Viacom United States Viacom Inc., CBS Corporation 32 44 [3]
10 1999 United States Hewlett-Packard United States Agilent Technologies 30 50 [3]
11 2012 United States Kraft Foods Inc United States Kraft Foods Group Inc, Mondelez International 27 33 [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Investors hope GE spinoff will defy poor track record of breakups". Reuters. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ "The biggest mergers in history". The Telegraph. 8 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Farrell, Maureen (30 September 2015). "Yahoo's Alibaba Spinoff Would Be One of the Largest Ever". Wall Street Journal.