Beijing time on April 28th news, Apple CEO Tim Cook recently confirmed in the earnings conference call, Apple is looking for new acquisition targets, may acquire a bigger company than Beats.
Apple and Tesla's PK always seem to have a gunpowder smell. In January 2016, US electric car manufacturer Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that Apple Obviously developing its own independent electric vehicle products. Maske said in an interview: "It is quite difficult to manufacture a car, but I think a company like Apple may launch a very attractive electric car. This seems to be a very obvious thing. If you hire more than 1,000 engineers to do something, it is very difficult to hide."
This is not the first time Musk has hinted that Apple and Tesla are competing in the electric vehicle field. In October 2015, Musker joked that Apple only hired employees who were fired by Tesla, acknowledging that Apple might be really ready to enter the automotive field.
Obviously, Apple is imperative to enter the electric vehicle industry. Cook stressed that we are always looking for acquisitions that can complement us, and it should have some uniqueness or allow us to accelerate into a field of great interest. So, as I said before, the size of the acquisition is not a critical issue. Compared to the companies we acquired earlier, our next acquisition target is definitely bigger.
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Cook went on to say that we value strategic fit and whether it has great technology and a great team. Therefore, we continue to look for acquisition targets and remain quite active in the M&A market. Apple has purchased 15 companies in the past four quarters.
It is worth mentioning that Cook said in his speech that Apple hopes to acquire a company that can help it "accelerate into an area of ​​interest", which indicates that it is very likely to buy a car technology company, and this company is also very It may be Tesla because Apple is developing electric cars.
As Cook said at a company shareholder meeting earlier this year, when Apple found a company that it likes, regardless of its size, Apple would be happy to buy it, even if it would cost Apple a very large 233 billion in cash reserves. A big part.
Apple currently has more than $250 billion in cash and market value. Interestingly, due to the unsatisfactory earnings of the second quarter, Apple did not meet the expectations of analysts and investors, and the market value evaporated a Tesla.
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