The Carlyle Group acquires Getty Images

The Carlyle Group acquired Getty Images for $3.3B, a transaction completed in October 2012, structured as Secondary buyout from Hellman & Friedman; controlling stake with family/management rollover.

Getty Images operates in Corporate Private Equity — Media & Technology, is based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Carlyle and Getty Images management acquired a controlling stake in Getty Images, the Seattle-based visual-content company, from private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at roughly $3.3 billion. Co-founder and chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family rolled substantially all of their ownership into the deal, and management including CEO Jonathan Klein invested significant equity. Equity financing came from Carlyle Partners V.

Acquire a market-leading digital visual-content business with recurring licensing revenue and a global content library.

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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