Getty Images Owners Consider Sale or IPO

Posted on 5/23/2012 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

Hellman & Friedman, the owners of Getty Images Inc, have retained Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co to examine a possible sale or public offering of the business. According to press reports a sale or IPO could value Getty Images at $4 billion. This move follows announcements last week by Shutterstock and Fotolia. Shutterstock hopes to raise $115 million in its IPO and Fotolia received a $150 million growth investment from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for a 50% stake in the company

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Ottmar Bierwagen Posted May 29, 2012
What goes around goes around again. Getty originally ponied up about $8 billion in accumulating his enormous library, then went public, and then sold off when the shares went down. Now Getty Images is private wanting to go public AGAIN. Profit is up due to the shabby treatment of photographers who are leaving in droves.
Where is Tony Stone when needed?

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