eBay has completed the sale of Skype for $2.75 billion. The investor consortium is the buying party and it will have 70 percent stake. This is a group led by Silver Lake Partners and includes others like Joltid (the company founded by Skype’s original founders), the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and VC firm Andreessen Horowitz .

eBay received about$1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million. eBay will also continue to hold a 30 percent equity investment in Skype.

Andreessen Horowitz partner Marc Andreessen deemed Skype one of the most important companies on the Internet after the settlement was reached and announced.

In the words of Skype CEO Josh Silverman : say hello to the future.

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