Yahoo had rejected an offer to buy Google for $5 billion in 2002, when the then CEO Terry Semel refused the deal after months of negotiation. Yahoo initially made a $3 billion offer, but walked out after Google made a counter-offer of $5 billion.

Has Yahoo bought Google?

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, approached Yahoo to sell Google for $1 million ($1.5 million today). Yahoo refused the offer. ... On January 16, 2020, Google's parent, Alphabet, became the fourth biggest tech company to be worth $1 trillion. They never got a chance to buy Google again.

How much did Google buy Yahoo for?

A missed opportunity with Google and search – In 2002, Yahoo had the chance to buy Google for $1 billion, but executives dragged their feet; by the time they decided to pursue the offer, Google's price had soared to $3 billion.