Comment by ethbr1

> I am beginning to think M&A are just some sort of ego thing for bored megacorp execs

It seems like a low risk effort to put a promising inexperienced exec in charge of a recent acquisition.

If they're a screw up and run it into the ground, imagine how much damage they could have done in a megacorp position of power.

Megacorp saved (at the cost of a smaller company)