Oculus VR acquired by Facebook for $2 Billion in 2014
WhatsApp acquired by Facebook for $19 Billion in 2014
AirWatch acquired by VMware for $1.54 Billion in 2014
Nest acquired by Google for $3.2 Billion in 2013
SoftLayer acquired by IBM for $2 Billion in 2013
Tumblr acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 Billion in 2013
Yammer acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 Billion in 2012
Instagram acquired by Facebook for $1 Billion in 2012
Skype acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 Billion in 2011
aQuantive acquired by Microsoft for $6.3 Billion in 2007
DoubleClick acquired by Google for $3.1 Billion in 2007
YouTube acquired by Google for $1.65 Billion in 2006
Visio acquired by Microsoft for $1.375 Billion in 2000
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So apparently the answer is white guys…