Skype e kere site Swede Niklas Zennström na Dane Janus Friis, na mmekota na Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, na Jaan Tallinn, Estonians onye mepụtara backend na-eji na music-nkekọrịta ngwa Kazaa. Na September 2005, eBay enwetara Skype maka $2.6 ijeri. Na September 2009, Silver Lake, Andre Hessen Horowitz, na Canada Pension Plan Investment mara ọkwa nnweta nke 65% nke Skype maka $1.9 ijeri si eBay, nke e ji na enterprise ahịa uru nke $2.92 ijeri. Na May 2012, Microsoft zụtara maka $8.5 ijeri concurrently online na Skype.
Ijeri $2.92