Yahoo is ready to buy Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell

Yahoo has considered buying a browser and became interested in purchasing Chrome as soon as the Justice Department’s proposal became public, Provost said. — Unsplash

Internet company Yahoo Inc – backed by owner Apollo Global Management Inc – would bid for the Chrome web browser if a federal court orders Google to divest it as a remedy for maintaining an illegal monopoly, a senior executive said.

Brian Provost, the general manager for Yahoo Search, testified on April 24 during Google’s trial in Washington that his company estimates the browser would have a sale price in the tens of billions of dollars.