Whirlwind talks led to Broadcom's $69.1bn capture of VMware - Financial Times

Hock Tan and Michael Dell agreed industry-defining deal, codenamed ‘Project Atlas,’ within two weeks

For a complex transaction that had eight banks and four law firms listed as advisers, the deal came down to just two individuals quickly agreeing one of the world’s largest technology deals on record… [+6297 chars]

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