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Who Owns Beats by Dre? Apple Does, After a $3 Billion Deal That Paid Out HTC, Carlyle, Universal and the Founders
A $600 million valuation in 2011, $1 billion in 2013, $3 billion in 2014: the chain of owners behind the most famous celebrity-founded hardware brand, and the numbers nobody has published.
— By Authority Daily · NOV 12, 2026 · 3 MIN —
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