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So, who profited in 1999 when Lycos was sold for $5+B? Some quick Googling didn't result in any answers.

It was sold for $12.5 billion (in stock) to Terra Networks (Telefonica) in May 2000

(Telefonica stock is worth more now than it used to in 2000)

So it looks like Lycos investors made a brilliant move.