accountcompany was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, creators of the file-sharing technology called Kazaa. EBay purchased the company in 2005 for $2.6 billion in cash and stock. EBay gave up on Skype in 2007, taking a $1.4 billion charge on...
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