Getty Images Agency is Snapped Up in GBP 1.2bn Buyout By Hellman & Friedman
February 26, 2008
GETTY Images, the world’s largest distributor of stock photographs to the media, has accepted a GBP 1.2 billion buyout by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.
The agency, which captured the historic image of St Paul’s during the Blitz, announced last month it was considering a sale.
Its archive has about 70 million pictures and around 30,000 hours of film footage. It is understood Hellman & Friedman wants to capitalise more on the potential of the internet.
Jonathan Klein, Getty’s chief executive, hailed the deal as a vote of confidence in the company.
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