Skype Founders Mull Buy Back From eBay

Courtesy WebProNews - Financial  Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:16

The founders of Internet telephone service Skype, currently owned by eBay, are interested in buying back the company they sold four years ago.

Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis

Co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have been in contact with a number of private equity firms in order to make a bid for Skype , the New York Times reported.

eBay purchased Skype from the two men in 2005 for $2.6 billion, and later received bonus payments that...


 

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