Airbnb to be acquired by 2025

Created by InquilineKea on 2015-07-17; known on 2026-01-01

• InquilineKea estimated 50% on 2015-07-17
• sdr said “Some data: 1, Airbnb is profitable; 2, currently valued at ~$20B ( http://moneymorning.com/2015/06/24/the-two-biggest-threats-to-the-airbnb-ipo/ ) ” on 2015-07-20
• sdr estimated 10% and said “ 3, The largest fortune 500 real estate corp (CBRE) have a total asset of $7.7B ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBRE_Group ). This limits acquirer to large investment groups (ING, Berkshire, etc). Somewhat unlikely.” on 2015-07-20
• RandomThinker estimated 25% and said “Wait till a crash, then someone like Barry Diller or Carl Icahn will pick it up on the cheap.” on 2015-07-20
• RandomThinker estimated 35% and said “Dead by 2025 = 30%, split acquired or independent in half = 35%” on 2015-07-20
• PseudonymousUser estimated 5% and said “As an aside: Carl Icahn will never “pick up Airbnb on the cheap”” on 2015-11-27
• JoshuaZ estimated 38% on 2015-11-27
• Medea estimated 40% on 2015-12-01
• themusicgod1 estimated 57% on 2016-05-22
• elephantower estimated 30% on 2016-07-10
• pranomostro estimated 45% on 2018-12-08
• Baeboo estimated 46% on 2018-12-12